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Skeletal System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ankyl/o | Crooked, bent or stiff |
| Arthur/o | Joint |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| Cost/o | Rib |
| Crain/o | Skull |
| -desis | Surgical fixation of bone or joint |
| Kyph/o | Hump, bent |
| Lord/o | Bent backward |
| -lysis | Loosening or setting free |
| Myel/o | Bone marrow |
| Osse/e, oss/i, oat/o, late/o | Bone |
| -poietic | Pertaining to formation |
| Scoli/o | Curved |
| Spondy/o | Vertebrae |
| -um | A noun ending |