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Medical Term: Unit 5
Musculoskeletal System: Word Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremity |
| ambul- | walk |
| ankyl/o | bent, crooked, stiff |
| aponeur/o | flat sheet of connective tissue |
| arthr/o, articul/o | joint |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| brachi/o | arm biceps brachii |
| burs/o | fluid filled sac near a joint |
| calcane/o | heel |
| carp/o | wrist |
| -cele | hernia, swelling, tumor |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| -clasia, -clasis, -clast | breaking, crushing |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | head, skull |
| cubit/o | elbow |
| dactyl/o | finger |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| -ectomy | removal |
| erg/o | work |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| herni/o | hernia, protrusion through body wall |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hy/o | u-shaped |
| ili/o | ilium (hipbone) |
| kines-, kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| kyph/o | hump |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth, maze bony |
| lei/o | smooth |
| lumb/o | lumbar (lower back) |
| my/o, myos/o, muscul/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow (and spinal cord) |
| osse/o, oste/o | bone |
| -paresis | slight/partial paralysis |
| patell/o | patella (knee cap) |
| -physis | growth |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| radi/o | x-ray, radiation, radius (lower arm bone) |
| scoli/o | crooked, curved |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| tars/o | ankle |
| tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| tetan/o | stiff, rigid |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia (lower leg bone) |
| ton/o | tone, tension, stretching |
| -trophic | growth, development |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |