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words parts skeletal
skeletal system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cost/o | ribs |
| dactyl/o | digit a finger or toe |
| metacarpal | bones of the hand |
| phalang/o | bones of fingers and toes |
| rachi/o rach/o | spine |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae ( backbone) |
| stern/o | breastbone |
| olecran/o | elbow |
| calcane/o | heel bone |
| femor/o | thigh bone femur |
| fibul/o | smaller outer bone of lower leg |
| ili/o | lateral flaring portion of the hip bone |
| ischi/o | lower portion of the hip bone |
| lumb/o | loins |
| patell/o | kneecap |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | part of the hip bone |
| tibi/o | larger inner bone of lower leg |
| acromi/o | projetion of the scapula |
| ankyl/o | stiffness,bent,crooked |
| arthr/o articul/o | joint |
| condyl/o | rounded protuberance at the end of the bone |
| lamin/o | part of the vertebral arch |
| myel/o | bone marow,spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| syndesm/o | ligament |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lord/o | swayback |
| scoli/o | crooked, bend |
| lumb/o | lowerback, loins |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| my/o, myos/o | muscle |
| rhabd/o, | rod-shaped (striated) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped Striated muscle |