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Musculoskeletal
fasci/o | Band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting separating muscles |
fibr/o | Fiber, fibrous tissue |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
muscul/o my/o | muscle |
ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendon |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-pathy | disease |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rraphy | suture |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-tomy | incision |
carp/o | carpus (wrist bones) |
cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus) |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
phalang/o | phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes |
spondyl/o vertebr/o | veterbra (backbone) |
stern/o | sternum |
calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fibula (smaller, outer bone of the lower leg) |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
pelv/i pelv/o | pelvis |
radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side) |
tibi/o | tibia (larger bone of the lower leg) |
ankyl/o | stiffness; bent,crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartilage |
lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
-clast | to break; surgical fracture |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | growth |
-porosis | porous |