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medical terminology
skeletal system root words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arthor/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicu/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx/ tail bone |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina/ thing flat plate/ part of vertebral arch |
| lord/o | swayback |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| metacarp/o | hand bones |
| metatars/o | foot bones |
| myel/o | bone marrow/ spinal cord |
| my/o or myos/o or muscul/o | muscle |
| oste/o | bone |
| pelv/o | pelvis / hip bone |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sacr/o | sternum/ breastbone |
| ten/o or tendin/o | tendon |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |