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Medical Term: Unit 5
Musculoskeletal System: Word Parts
Question | Answer |
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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 |