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Skeletal Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Articul/o | Joint |
| Burs/o | Fluid filled sac |
| Calcane/o | Ankle |
| Carp/o | Wrist |
| Chondr/o | cartilage |
| Cost/o | Rib |
| Crani/o | Skull |
| Lumb/o | Lumbar region of the spine |
| Mandibul/o | Jaw |
| Maxill/o | Upper jaw |
| Myel/o | Marrow |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Perone/o | Fibula |
| Radi/o | Radius(lower arm bone) |
| Scoli/o | Twisted, crooked |
| Spondyl/o | Spine |
| Stern/o | Breastbone |
| Tars/o | Ankle |
| Thorac | chest |
| Vertebr/o | Spine |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -graphy | To record/take a picture |
| -plasty | repair/replacement of |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -cyte | cell |
| -porosis | To become more porous(holey) |
| -osis | disease or condition |
| -lysis | break down |
| -algia | Pain or ache |
| -tomy | cutting/incision |