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MSK ROOT WORDS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ischi/o | ischium |
| articul/o | joint |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| arthr/o | joint |
| humer/o | humerus |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| sud/o; sudor/o | sweat |
| squam/o | scale |
| proxim/o | near |
| later/o | side |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| stern/o | sternum |
| pubi/o; pub/o | pubis |
| trich/o | hair |
| pachy/o | thick |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| metatars/o | foot bones |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| inguin/o | groin |
| ventr/o | front side |
| tars/o | ankle bones |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| metacarp/o | hand bones |
| kyph/o | outward curviture of the spine |
| lord/o | foward curviture of the spine |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| femor/o | femur |
| ankyl/o | stiff; mobile |
| orth/o | straight |
| scoli/o | lateral curvature of the spine |
| scapula/o | scapula |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| pil/o | hair |
| xer/o | dry |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| onych/o | nail |
| ungu/o | nail |
| oste/o | bone |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| radi/o | radius |
| ili/o | ilium |
| cut/o | skin |
| cutane/o | skin |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cost/o | rib |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| pect/o | chest |
| pector/o | chest |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| burs/o | bursa |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| ped/o | foot |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| myc/o | fungus |
| phalang/o | finger and toe bones |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| seb/o | sebum |
| patell/o | patella |
| dors/o | back |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| ceil/o | abdomen |
| cyt/o | cell |
| crani/o | skull |
| kerat/o | horny tissue |
| pertaining to the front side | ventral |
| face up | supine |
| pertaining to the surface | superficial |
| toward the trunk of the body | proximal |
| face down | prone |
| from the back to the front | posteroanterior |
| pertaining to the back of the body | posterior |
| poster/o | back |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| spin/o | spine |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| medi/o | middle |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| anter/o | front |
| thorac/o | chestq |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fasci/o | band of fibrous tissue |
| medial | pertaining to the middle |
| lateral | to the side |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| adip/o; lip/o | fat; fatty |
| hist/o | tissue |
| pertaining to the back | dorsal |
| downward | caudal |
| below | inferior |
| away from the trunk | distal |
| pertaining to the front | anterior |
| from the front to the back | anteroposterior |
| pertaining to the head | cranial |
| pertaining to the head | cephalad |
| away from the surface | deep |
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