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Mrs. Brown A & P
Mrs. Brown musculoskeletal word parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| brachi/o | arm |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bones) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| dactyl/o | digit (a finger or toe) |
| humer/o | humerous |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (bones of the hand) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
| rachi/o rach/o | spine |
| spondyl/o (used to make words about conditions of the structure) | vertebrae (backbone) |
| 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 |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| 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 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 articul/o | joint |
| condyl/o | condyle (rounded protuberance at end of bone forming an articulation) |
| lami/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oset/o | bone |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane, synovia |
| fibros/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| ligament/o syndesm/o | ligament |
| calc/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lord/o | swayback |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| lumb/o | loweback, loins |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| my/o myos/o | muscle |
| rhagd/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 |
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