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Skeletal System
Medical Word Parts of the Skeletal System
Term | Definition |
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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 |