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Medical Terminology
Musculoskeletal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| costo/ | rib |
| meta/ | after |
| tars/ | ankle |
| ost/ | bone |
| osteo/ | bone |
| spondylo/ | vertebra |
| tibi/ | tibia |
| ankyl/ | stiff |
| arthr/ | joint |
| -dynia | pain |
| cervico/ | neck |
| crepitation | rattle or creaking |
| genu valgium | knee pointing in |
| genu varum | knee pointing out |
| brady/ | slow |
| kinesia | -movement |
| dys/ | bad |
| taxia | coordination |
| tonia | muscle tone |
| grapho/ | write |
| hyper/ | over |
| my/ | muscle |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -tery | tendo |
| -scope | instrument to look |
| -scopy | procedure to look |
| electricity | electricity |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
| axi/ | axis |
| tomo/ | cut |
| kypho/ | bent |
| lord/ | bent backward |
| scoli/ | crooked |
| carp/ | wrist |
| cranio/ | skull |
| ex/ | out |
| fracture | break |
| -lysis | loss |
| necr/ | death |
| dactyl | finger |
| syn/ | together |
| -ptsosis | drooping |
| lith | stone |
| ef/ | out |
| fusion | pour |
| -tasis | expansion |
| ankylos/ | stiffen |
| -ing | causing |
| chondro/ | cartilage |
| cranio/ | skull |
| syn/ | together |
| genesis | creation |
| myel | marrow |
| por/ | pore |
| spinalsten/ | spine narrow |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| rheumat/ | rheumatic fever |
| -oid | resembling |
| septic/ | rotting |
| -plasia | formation |
| -luxation | discoloration |
| sub/ | beneath |
| fasci/ | fascia |
| clonus | turmoil |
| necrot/ | death |
| -izing | causing |
| tardive/ | slow |
| sarc/ | flesh |
| carcin/ | cancer |