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Musculoskeletal System
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| kyph/o | hill, mountain |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | foot; child |
| ped/i | foot; child |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| thorac/o | chest |
| acromi/o | acromion |
| brachi/o | arm |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (Heel Bone) |
| carp/o | carpus (Wrist Bone) |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (Collarbone) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (Skull) |
| dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
| femor/o | femur (Thigh Bone) |
| fibul/o | Fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| lumb/o | loins (Lower Back) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus |
| metatars/o | metatarsus |
| patell/o | patella (Kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pod/o | foot |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pub/o | pelvis bone |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (Backbone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| stern/o | sternum |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| my/o | muscle |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped (striated) muscle |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| fasci/o | band, fascia |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| asthenia | weakness, debility |
| clasia | to break; surgical fracture |
| clast | to break; surgical fracture |
| desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| physis | growth |
| porosis | porous |
| a | without, not |
| sub | under, below |
| supra | above; excessive; superior |
| syn | union, together, joined |
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Ms C
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