Chapter 15 Flashcards
Musculoskeletal System
acetabul/o
acetabulum (hip socket)
ankyl/o
stiff
arthr/o
joint
articul/o
joint
burs/o
bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
calc/o
calcium
calcane/o
calcaneus (heel bone)
calci/o
calcium
carp/o
wrist bones (carpals)
cervic/o
neck
chondr/o
cartilage
clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
fasci/o
fascia (membrane supporting muscles)
femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
fibr/o
fiber
fibul/o
fibula
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
ili/o
ilium
ischi/o
ischium (part of hip bone)
kyph/o
humpback, hunchback
lamin/o
lamina (part of vertebral arch)
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
ligament/o
ligament
lord/o
curve, swayback
lumb/o
lowerback, loin
malleol/o
malleolus
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot 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/i
pelvis, hip region
perone/o
fibula
phalang/o
phalanges (of fingers and toes)