Musculoskeletal Terminology
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| acetabul/o | acetabulum
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| ankyl/o | stiff
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| arthr/o | joint
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| articul/o | joint
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| burs/o | bursa
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| calc/o | calcium
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| calcane/o | calcaneus
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| calci/o | calyx
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| carp/o | wrist bones
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| cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) , cervix
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| chondr/o | cartilage (type of connective tissue)
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| clavicul/o | clavicle
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| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone)
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| cost/o | rib
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| crani/o | skull
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| fasci/o | fascia
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| Femor/o | femur
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| Fibr/o | fiber
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| Fibul/o | fibula
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| Humer/o | humerus
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| ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
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| isch/o | to hold back
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| Kyph/o | humpback
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| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch)
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| Leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle
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| Ligament/o | ligament
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| Lord/o | curve, swayback
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| lumb/o | lower back, loin
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| malleol/o | malleolus
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| mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible
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| Maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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| Metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones)
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| my/o | muscle
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| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow
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| myocardi/o | myocardium (heart muscle)
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| myos/o | muscle
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| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow)
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| orth/o | straight
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| oste/o | bone
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| patell/o | patella
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| ped/o | child, foot
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| pelv/o | pelvic bone, hip
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| perone/o | fibula
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| phalang/o | phalanges (fingers and toes)
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| plant/o | sole of the foot
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| pub/o | pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
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| radi/o | x-rays, radioactivity, radius
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| rhabdomy/o | striated muscle
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| rheumat/o | watery flow
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| sacr/o | sacrum
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| ab- | away from
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| ad- | toward
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| dia- | complete, through
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| dorsi- | back
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| exo- | out, away from
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| meta- | change, beyond
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| peri- | surrounding
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| supra- | above, upper
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| syn-, sym- | together, with
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| -algia | pain
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| asthenia | lack of strength
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| blast | embryonic, immature
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| clast | to break
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| desis | to bind, tie together
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| emia | blood condition
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| listhesis | slipping
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| -malacia | softening
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| porosis | (blank)
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| -stenosis | tightening, stricture
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| tome | instrument to cut
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| trophy | (blank)
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