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