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skeletal system

skeletal system abbreviations, word parts

TermDefinition
AK above knee
BK below knee
Ca calcium
DJD degenerative joint disease
LE lower extremity
LLE Left lower extremity
LUE left upper extremity
NSAID nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory drug
OA Osteoarthritis
ORIF Open reduction- internal Fixation
Orth,Ortho Orthopedics
RLE Right Lower Extremities
ROM Range of motion
THR Total Hip replacememt
TMJ Temporomadibular joint
UE Upper Extremities
Skeletal word parts Skeletal word parts
Ankyl/o stiff joint
arthr/o joint
articul/o joint
burs/o sac
carp/o carpus
cervic/o neck
chondr/o cartilage
clavicul/o clavicle
coccyg/o coccyx
cortic/o outer layer
cost/o rib
crani/o skull
femor/o femur
fibr/o fibers
humer/o humerus
ili/o ilium
ischi/o ischium
kyph/o hump
lamin/o lamina (part of vertebra)
lord/o bent backwards
lumb/o loin (lower back)
mandibul/o mandible
maxill/o maxilla
medull/o inner region
menisc/o meniscus
metacarp/o metacarpus
metatars/o metatarsus
myel/o bone marrow, spinal cord
ortho/o straight
oste/o bone
patell/o patella
pector/o chest
pelv/o pelvis
phalang/o phalanges
pod/o foot
prosthet/o addition
pub/o pubis
radi/o radius;ray (x ray)
sacr/o sacrum
scapul/o scapula
scoli/o crooked
spin/o spine
spondyl/o vertebrae
stern/o sternum
synov/o synovial membrane
tars/o tarsus
thorac/o chest
tibi/o tibia
uln/o ulna
vertebr/o vertebra
suffixes suffixes
-blast immature
-clasia to surgically break
-clast broken
-desis to fuse
-listhesis slipping
-logic pertaining to study of
-phyte growth
-porosis porous
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