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15.1 Musculoskeletal
CF Orthopedics (Skeletal Only)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| alges/o | sensation of pain |
| alg/o | pain |
| align/o | arranged in a straight line |
| all/o | other; strange |
| amputat/o | to cut off |
| amput/o | to cut off |
| ankyl/o | fused together; stuff |
| appendicul/o | limb; small attached part |
| arthr/o | joint |
| aut/o | self |
| axi/o | axis |
| bunion/o | bunion |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| cancell/o | lattice structure |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cartilagin/o | cartilage |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tail bone) |
| comminut/o | break into small pieces |
| compress/o | press together |
| congenit/o | present at birth |
| coron/o | structure that encircles like a crown |
| corpor/o | body |
| cortic/o | cortex (outer region) |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| dactyl/o | finger or toe |
| densit/o | density |
| depress/o | press down |
| dextr/o | right |
| diaphys/o | shaft of a bone |
| disk/o | disk |
| epiphys/o | growth area at the end of a long bone |
| ethm/o | sieve |
| extern/o | outside |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| fixat/o | to make stable or still |
| fract/o | break up |
| front/o | front |
| gen/o | arising from; produced by |
| gener/o | production; creation |
| glen/o | socket of a joint |
| goni/o | angle |
| hem/o | blood |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| malac/o | softening |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw) |
| mast/o | breast; mastoid process |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw) |
| medull/o | medulla (inner region) |
| mineral/o | mineral; electrolyte |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin |
| nas/o | nose |
| necr/o | dead cells, tissue, or body |
| occipit/o | occiput (black of the head) |
| orth/o | straight |
| osse/o | bone |
| ossificat/o | changing into bone |
| oste/o | bone |
| palat/o | palate |
| pariet/o | wall of a cavity |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| path/o | disease; suffering |
| ped/o | child |
| pelv/o | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis) |
| perone/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| phalang/o | phalanx (finger or toe) |
| physic/o | body |
| por/o | small openings; pores |
| prosthet/o | artifical part |
| pub/o | pubis (hip bone) |
| radi/o | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation |
| reduct/o | to bring back; decrease |
| rheumat/o | watery discharge |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sagitt/o | going from front to back |
| sarc/o | connective tissue |
| scapul/o | scapula(shoulder blade) |
| scint/o | point of light |
| scoli/o | curved;crooked |
| scop/o | examine with an instrument |
| skelet/o | skeleton |
| sorb/o | to suck up |
| sorp/o | to suck up |
| sphen/o | wedge shape |
| spin/o | spine;back bone |
| spir/o | breathe;a coil |
| spondy/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum(breast bone) |
| steroid/o | steroid |
| styl/o | stake |
| synovi/o | synovium(membrane) |
| tars/o | ankle |
| tempor/o | temple(side of the head) |
| hy/o | u-shaped structure |
| ill/o | illum(hip bone) |
| inflammat/o | redness and warmth |
| ischi/o | ischium(hip bone) |
| kyph/o | bent spine;humpbacked |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| lev/o | left |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| locat/o | a place |
| log/o | word;the stufy of |
| lord/o | swayback |
| lumb/o | lower back;area between the ribs and pelvis |
| therap/o | treatment |
| thorac/o | thorax(chest) |
| tibi/o | tibia(skin bone) |
| tom/o | cut;slice;layer |
| tract/o | pulling |
| tranplant/o | move something to another place |
| uln/o | ulna(forearm bone) |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| xiph/o | sword |