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muscular/skelatin
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o lapar/o ceil/o | abdomen |
| anter/o | front |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| dors/o | back |
| hist/o | tissue |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| inguin/o | groin |
| ventr/o | front side, belly |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| later/o | side: away from the middle |
| thorac/o | chest |
| lumb/o | loin |
| medi/o | middle |
| spin/o | spine |
| proxim/o | near |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| poster/o | back |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| hypo | beneath; below |
| xer/o | dry |
| trich/o | hair |
| sud/o sudor/o | sweat |
| squam/o | scale |
| seb/o | sebum |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| pil/o | hair |
| pachy/o | thick |
| onych/o ungu/o | nail |
| myc/o | fungus |
| melan/o | black |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| derm/o dermat/o | skin |
| cut/o cutane/o | skin |
| supra- | above |
| sub | below under |
| ankyl/o | stiff, mobile |
| arthr/o articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle, collar bone |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| 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 | outward, curvature of the spine (hump) |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| lord/o | forward, curvature of the spine (sway back) |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| mandibul/o | mandible, lower jawbone |
| maxill/o | maxilla, upper jawbone |
| metacarp/o | hard bones |
| metatars/o | foot bone |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| my/o | muscle |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella, knee cap |
| pect/o pector/o | chest |
| ped/o | foot |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| phalang/o | finger, 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 | lateral curvature of spine, crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum, breastbone |
| tars/o | ankle bones |
| ten/o tendin/o | tendon |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| epi- | upon |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| ton/o | tension |
| iso | equal |
| -asthenia | without feeling or sensation |
| -trophy | growth development |