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Muscloskeletal WP
Muscloskeletal Word Parts
Question | Answer |
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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 |