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4 Musculoskeletal
Roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bone | oste/o |
| head, skull | crani/o |
| neck | cervic/o |
| arm | brachi/o |
| finger | dactyl/o |
| wrist | carp/o |
| rib | cost/o |
| vertebra | spondyl/o |
| loin, lower back | lumb/o |
| femur (thighbone) | femor/o |
| tibia (shinbone) | tibi/o |
| ankle | tars/o |
| carilage | chondr/o |
| joint | arthr/o |
| bursa | burs/o |
| tendon (connective tissue connecting muscle to bone) (3) | ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o |
| muscle | muscul/o, my/o, myos/o |
| fascia (fibrous connective tissue binding muscles together) | fasci/o |
| tone, tension | ton/o |
| movement, motion | kinesi/o (sometimes kinet/o) |
| arrangement, order, coordination | tax/o |
| stiff, bent | ankyl/o |