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BB5
BB5 - Musculoskeletal System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| burs | a pouch |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cartel | gristle |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavic/o | clavicle |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| kyph/o | hill, mountain |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| menisci | crescent |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myos/o | muscle |
| olecran | elbow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella |
| ped/o | foot, child |
| pelv/I | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius |
| rheumat | discharge |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| tars/o | tarsals |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| xiph | sword |
| a- | lack of |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ant- | against |
| apo- | separation |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| con- | with, together |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | difficult |
| hydro- | water |
| in- | into |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| poly- | many |
| quadri- | four |
| supra- | above |
| sym- | through, joined |
| syn- | with, together |
| tri- | three |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -age | related to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | immature cell, germ cell |
| -centesis | surgical puncture of |
| -clasia | break |
| -clasis | break |
| -clast | break |
| -desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of, excision of |
| -edema | swelling |
| -gen | formation, produce |
| -genesis | formation, produce |
| -gram | a weight, mark, record |
| -graph | to write, record |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -ive | nature of, quality of |
| -malacia | softening of |
| -oid | resemble |
| -oma | tumor |
| -omion | shoulder |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| -osis | condition of (abnormal) |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -penia | lack of, deficiency |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasia | formation, produce |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -schisis | split, fissure |
| -scope | instrument |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -us | pertaining to |