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HHS Musculoskeletal
Medical Word Elements & Abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AE | Above the Elbow |
| AK | Above the Knee |
| BE | Below the elbow |
| BK | Below the knee |
| Fx | fracture |
| IM | Intramuscular |
| MG | Myasthenia Gravis |
| RA | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| ROM | Range of Motion |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Kyph/o | Humpback |
| Lamin/o | Lamina, part of the vertebral arch |
| Lord/o | curve, swayback |
| Myel/o | Bone marrow, spinal cord |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| brachi/o | arm |
| carp/o | carpus, wrist bone |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| Dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| Femor/o | femur, thigh bone |
| Lumb/o | Lower back |
| Pelv/i, Pelv/o | pelvis |
| Phalang/o | Phalanges, bones of the fingers and toes |
| pod/o | foot |
| Vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| stern/o | sternum |
| Muscul/o, my/o | muscle |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| Fibr/o | Fiber, fibrous tissue |
| Ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -clasia | surgical break of fracture |
| -clast | to break |
| -malacia | softening |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| a- | without, not |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| sub- | under, below |
| supra- | above; excessive; superior |
| syn- | union, together, joined |