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Musculoskeletal
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
| Fibr/o | Fiber or fibrous tissue |
| Leiomy/o | Smooth muscle (visceral) |
| lumb/o | Loins (Lower back) |
| muscul/o | Muscle |
| My/o | Muscle |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -sarcoma | Maligant tomor of connestive tissue |
| -tomy | Incision |
| Flexion | Decreases the angle of a joint |
| Extention | Increases the angle of a joint |
| Adduction | Moves closer to the midline |
| Abduction | Moves aitsway from the midline |
| Rotation | Moves a bone around its axis |
| Pronation | Turns the palm down |
| Supination | Turns the palm up |
| Eversion | Moves the sole of the foot inwards |
| Inversion | Moves the sole of the foot outwards |
| dorsiflexion | elevates the foot |
| Plantar flexion | Lowers the food |
| Carp/o | Carpus (wrist bones) |
| Cervic/o | Neck |
| cost/o | ribs |
| Crani/o | Cranium |
| Humer/o | Humerus (upper arm bone) |
| Metacarp/o | Metacarpus (hand bones) |
| Phalang/o | Phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
| Spondyl/o | Vertrbra |
| Vertebr/o | Vertrbra |
| Stern/o | Sternum (breastbone) |
| Calcane/o | Calcaneum (Heel bone) |
| Femor/o | Femur (thigh bone) |
| Fibul/o | Fibula ( Smaller outer bone of the lower leg) |
| Pelv/i | Pelvis |
| Pelv/o | Pelvis |
| Radi/o | Radiation, x-rays, 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 |