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Med term
chapter 4 word parts (skeletal system)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremities |
| ankyl/o | crooked/bent/stiff/fused together |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near joint) |
| calcane/o | calcaneus, heal bone |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| chir/o | hand |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle, collarbones |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cubit/o | elbow |
| dactyl/o | digits (fingers or toes) |
| dextr/o | to the right |
| femor/o | thigh bone |
| fibul/o | fibula, lower leg bone |
| humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone |
| hy/o | hyoid bone |
| ili/o | ilium, top of hip bone |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| lord/o | curve, sway back |
| lumb/o | lumbar region, loin |
| lux/o | slide |
| mandibul/o | mandible, lower jaw bone |
| menisc/o | meniscus, cartilage in knee joint |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness, sleep, stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella, knee cap |
| ped/o | foot, child |
| phalang/o | phalanges, fingers or toes |
| physi/o | nature, function |
| por/o | opening, passageway, porous |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pubis, pubic region |
| pyret/o | fever |
| rachi/o | spine, vertebra |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| sinistr/o | to the left |
| spondyl/o | vertebra, back bone |
| ster/o | solid structure, steroid |
| stern/o | sternum, breast bone |
| synovi/o | lubricating fluid of joints |
| tars/o | ankle |
| ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o | tendon |
| tibi/o | tibia, lower leg bone |
| uln/o | ulna, lower arm bone |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae, spinal column bones |