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Skeletal System
Medical Word Parts of the Skeletal System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremities |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, fused together |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| burs/o | bursa, a leather sac |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cerv/ic | neck |
| chir/o | hand |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull, head |
| kyph/o | hump kyphosis |
| lord/o | bending lordosis |
| lumb/o | lumbar region |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| osteo/o | bone |
| pod, ped, ped/i | foot |
| rachi/o | spine |
| sacr/o | sacrum, sacral region |
| scoli/o | crooked scoliosis |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| synovi/o | lubricating fluid of joints |
| tars/o | ankle |