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musculoskeletal-5
musculoskeletal word roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | stiff/mobile |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | collar bone/clavicle |
| coccyg/o | tailbone/coccyx |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fasci/o | band of fibrous tissue |
| femor/o | femur/thighbone |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula/outer lower leg bone |
| humer/o | humerus/upper arm bone |
| ili/o | ilium/pelvic bone, upper section |
| ischi/o | ischium/pelvic bone, lower section |
| kyph/o | pertaining to hump/outward curvature of the spine |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| lord/o | swayback/forward curvature of the spine |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| mandibul/o | mandible/lower jawbone |
| maxill/o | maxilla/upper jawbone |
| metacarp/o | hand bones |
| metatars/o | foot bones |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| my/o | muscle |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | kneecap/patella |
| pect/o; pector/o | chest |
| ped/o | foot |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| phalang/o | finger and toe bones |
| pubi/o; pub/o | pubis/pelvic bone, anterior section |
| radi/o | radius/outer lower arm bone |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapula/o | scapula/shoulder blade |
| scoli/o | bent/ lateral curvature of the spine/crooked |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum/breastbone |
| tars/o | ankle bones |
| ten/o; tendin/o | tendon |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| ton/o | tention |
| is/o | equal |
| kinesi/o | movement |
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