15.1 Musculoskeletal Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
alges/o | sensation of pain |
alg/o | pain |
align/o | arranged in a straight line |
all/o | other; strange |
amputat/o | to cut off |
amput/o | to cut off |
ankyl/o | fused together; stuff |
appendicul/o | limb; small attached part |
arthr/o | joint |
aut/o | self |
axi/o | axis |
bunion/o | bunion |
calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone) |
cancell/o | lattice structure |
carp/o | wrist |
cartilagin/o | cartilage |
cervic/o | neck; cervix |
chondr/o | cartilage |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tail bone) |
comminut/o | break into small pieces |
compress/o | press together |
congenit/o | present at birth |
coron/o | structure that encircles like a crown |
corpor/o | body |
cortic/o | cortex (outer region) |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
dactyl/o | finger or toe |
densit/o | density |
depress/o | press down |
dextr/o | right |
diaphys/o | shaft of a bone |
disk/o | disk |
epiphys/o | growth area at the end of a long bone |
ethm/o | sieve |
extern/o | outside |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
fixat/o | to make stable or still |
fract/o | break up |
front/o | front |
gen/o | arising from; produced by |
gener/o | production; creation |
glen/o | socket of a joint |
goni/o | angle |
hem/o | blood |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
malac/o | softening |
mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw) |
mast/o | breast; mastoid process |
maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw) |
medull/o | medulla (inner region) |
mineral/o | mineral; electrolyte |
muscul/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin |
nas/o | nose |
necr/o | dead cells, tissue, or body |
occipit/o | occiput (black of the head) |
orth/o | straight |
osse/o | bone |
ossificat/o | changing into bone |
oste/o | bone |
palat/o | palate |
pariet/o | wall of a cavity |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
path/o | disease; suffering |
ped/o | child |
pelv/o | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis) |
perone/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
phalang/o | phalanx (finger or toe) |
physic/o | body |
por/o | small openings; pores |
prosthet/o | artifical part |
pub/o | pubis (hip bone) |
radi/o | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation |
reduct/o | to bring back; decrease |
rheumat/o | watery discharge |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sagitt/o | going from front to back |
sarc/o | connective tissue |
scapul/o | scapula(shoulder blade) |
scint/o | point of light |
scoli/o | curved;crooked |
scop/o | examine with an instrument |
skelet/o | skeleton |
sorb/o | to suck up |
sorp/o | to suck up |
sphen/o | wedge shape |
spin/o | spine;back bone |
spir/o | breathe;a coil |
spondy/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum(breast bone) |
steroid/o | steroid |
styl/o | stake |
synovi/o | synovium(membrane) |
tars/o | ankle |
tempor/o | temple(side of the head) |
hy/o | u-shaped structure |
ill/o | illum(hip bone) |
inflammat/o | redness and warmth |
ischi/o | ischium(hip bone) |
kyph/o | bent spine;humpbacked |
lacrim/o | tears |
lev/o | left |
ligament/o | ligament |
locat/o | a place |
log/o | word;the stufy of |
lord/o | swayback |
lumb/o | lower back;area between the ribs and pelvis |
therap/o | treatment |
thorac/o | thorax(chest) |
tibi/o | tibia(skin bone) |
tom/o | cut;slice;layer |
tract/o | pulling |
tranplant/o | move something to another place |
uln/o | ulna(forearm bone) |
vascul/o | blood vessel |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
xiph/o | sword |
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