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MS Word Elements
Musculoskeletal System medical word elements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ankylo | stiffness; bent, crooked |
| arthro | joint |
| kypho | humpback |
| lamino | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| lordo | curve, swayback |
| myelo | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| ortho | straight |
| osteo | bone |
| pedo | foot; child |
| pedi | foot; child |
| scolio | crooked, bent |
| thoraco | chest |
| acromio | acromion (projection of scapula) |
| brachio | arm |
| calcaneo | calcaneum (hell bone) |
| carpo | carpus (wrist bone) |
| cephalo | head |
| cervico | beck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| claviculo | clavicle (collar bone) |
| costo | ribs |
| cranio | cranium (skull) |
| dactylo | fingers, toes |
| femoro | femur (thigh bone |
| fibulo | fibula (smaller bone of lower leg) |
| humero | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ilio | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| ischio | ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
| lumbo | loins (lower back) |
| metacarpo | metacarpus (hand bones) |
| metatarso | metatarsus (foot bones) |
| patello | patella (kneecap) |
| pelvi | pelvis |
| pelvo | pelvis |
| phalango | phalanges (bones of teh fingers and toes) |
| podo | foot |
| pubo | pelvis bone (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
| radio | radiation, x-ray; radius |
| spondylo | vertebrae (backbone) |
| vertebro | vertebrae (backbone) |
| sterno | sternum (breastbone) |
| tibio | tibia (larger bone of lower leg) |
| leiomyo | smooth muscle |
| musculo | muscle |
| myo | muscle |
| rhabdo | rod-shaped |
| rhabdomyo | rod-shaped muscle |
| chondro | cartilage |
| fascio | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
| fibro | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| synovo | synovial membrabe, synovial fluid |
| teno | tendon |
| tendo | tendon |
| tendino | tendon |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -clasia | to break; surgical fracture |
| -clast | to break |
| -desis | binding, fixation (ofa bone to a joint) |
| -physis | growth |
| -porosis | porous |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| a- | without, not |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| sub- | under, below |
| supra- | above; excessive; superior |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
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