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Muscloskeletal WP
Muscloskeletal Word Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| brachi/o | arm |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bones) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| dactyl/o | digit (finger or toe) |
| humer/o | humerus |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (bones of the hand) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of finger and toes) |
| rachi/o rach/o | spine |
| spondyl/o (used to make words about conditions of the structure) | vertabrae (back bone) |
| vertebr/o (used to make words that describe the structure | vertebrae (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| thorac/o | chest |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| olecran/o | olecranon, elbow |
| radi/o | radius |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| uln/o | ulna |
| mixill/o | maxilla |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula smaller, outer bone of lower leg) |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral flaring portion of hip bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
| lumb/o | loins |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| ped/i | foot |
| pod/o | foot |
| pelv/l | pelvis |
| pub/o | pubis (part of hip bone) |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger inner bone of lower leg) |
| acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
| ankyl/o | stiffness. bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| condyl/o | condyle (rounded protuberance at end of bone forming an articulation) |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane, synovia |
| fibros/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| syndesm/o | ligament |
| calc/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lord/o | swayback |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| lumb/o | lowerback, loins |
| chondr/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| my/o myos/o | muscle |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped (striated) muscle |
| ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendon |
| blast | embryonic cell |
| clasis | break, fracture, refracture |
| clast | break, destroy |
| desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| malacia | softening |
| physis | growth |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| porosis | porous |
| schisis | a splitting |
| scopy | visual examination |
| stenia | strength |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
Created by:
mlarke