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carpals (wrist)
carp/o
clavicle
clavic/o, clavicul/o
rib
cost/o
cranium (skull)
crani/o
femur (upper leg bone)
femor/o
fibula (lower leg bone)
fibul/o
word root for fibula
perone/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
humer/o
ilium
ili/o
ischium
ischi/o
loin, lumbar region of the spine
lumb/o
mandible (lower jawbone)
mandibul/o
maxilla (upper jawbone)
maxill/o
patella (kneecap)
patell/o
pelvis, pelvic bone
pelv/i, pelv/o
phalanges
phalang/o
pubis
pub/o
vertebra/spine/vertebral column
rachi/o, spondyl/o, vertebr/o
radius (lower arm bone)
radi/o
sacrum
sacr/o
scapula
scapul/o
sternum
stern/o
tarsals
tars/o
tibia
tibi/o
ulna
uln/o
aponeurosis
aponeur/o
joint
arthr/o
bursa cavity
burs/o
cartilage
chondr/o
intervertebral disk
disk/o
meniscus
menisc/o
synovia, synovial membrane
synovi/o
tendon
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
stiff, bent
ankyl/o
movement, motion
kinesi/o
hump on spine
kyph/o
lamina (thin flat plate)
lamin/o
bent foward
lord/o
muscle
my/o myos/o
bone marrow
myel/o
bone
oste/o
stone
petr/o
crooked
scoli/o
between
inter-
above
supra-
together, joined
sym-, syn-
weakness
-asthenia
break
-clasia, -clasis, -clast
EMG
electromyogram
fx
fracture
OA
osteoarthritis
ortho
orthopedics
RA
rheumatoid arthritis
cerebellum
cerebell/o
cerebrum, brain
cerebr/o
hard, dura mater
dur/o
brain
encephal/o
ganglion
gangli/o, ganglion/o
glia, gluey substance
gli/o
meninges
mening/o meningi/o
spinal cord
myel/o
nerve
neur/o
nerve root
radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o
sensation, sensitivity, feeling
esthesi/o
mind
ment/o, psych/o
one, single
mon/o
speech
phas/o
gray matter
poli/o
four
quadr/i
specialist, physician
-iatrist
treatment, specialty
-iatry
siezure, attack
-ictal
slight paralysis
-paresis
AD
Alzheimer disease
CNS
central nervous system
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
CVA
cerebrovascular accident
EEG
electroencephalogram
LP
lumbar punture
TIA
transient ischemic attack
gland
aden/o
adrenal glands
adren/o, adrenal/o
cortex
cortic/o
endocrine
endocrin/o
parathyroid glands
parathyroid/o
pituitary gland
pituitar/o
thyroid gland
thyroid/o, thyr/o
extremities, height
acr/o
calcium
calc/i
thirst
dips/o
potassium
kal/i
sodium
natr/o
run, running
-drome
DKA
diabetic keto acidosis
DM
diabetes mellitus
FBS
fasting blood sugar
HbaA1C
glycosylated hemoglobin
TSH
thyroid-stimulating hormone