Medical Word Elements for Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
1
Q
Ankyl/o
A
Stiffness; bent, crooked
2
Q
Arthr/o
A
Joint
3
Q
Kyph/o
A
Humpback
4
Q
Lamin/o
A
Lamina (part of vertebral arch)
5
Q
Lord/o
A
Curve, swayback
6
Q
Myel/o
A
Bone marrow; spinal cord
7
Q
Orth/o
A
Straight
8
Q
Osteo/o
A
Bone
9
Q
Ped/o
Ped/i
A
Foot
10
Q
Scoli/o
A
Crooked, bent
11
Q
Thorac/o
A
Chest
12
Q
Acromi/o
A
Acromion (projection of scapula)
13
Q
Brachi/o
A
Arm
14
Q
Calcane/o
A
Calcaneum (heel bone)
15
Q
Carp/o
A
Carpus (wrist bone)
16
Q
Cephal/o
A
Head
17
Q
Cervic/o
A
Neck;cervix (uteri)
18
Q
Clavicul/o
A
Clavicle (collar bone)
19
Q
Cost/o
A
Ribs
20
Q
Crani/o
A
Cranium (skull)
21
Q
Dactyl/o
A
Fingers; Toes
22
Q
Femor/o
A
Femur (thigh bone)
23
Q
Fibul/o
A
Fibula (smaller bone of the lower leg)
24
Q
Humer/o
A
Humerus
25
Ili/o
Ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)
26
Ischi/o
Ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)
27
Lumb/o
Loins (lower back)
28
Metacarp/o
Metacarpus
29
Metatars/o
Metatarsus
30
Patell/o
Patella
31
Pelv/i
Pelvis
32
Phalang/o
Phalanges
33
Pod/o
Foot
34
Pub/o
Pelvis bone
35
Radi/o
Radiation
X ray
Radius
36
Spondyl/o
| Vertebr/o
Vertebrae
37
Stern/o
Sternum (breastbone)
38
Tibi/o
Tibia
39
Leiomy/o
Smooth Muscle
40
Muscul/o
| My/o
Muscle
41
Rhabd/o
Rod-shaped
42
Rhabdomy/o
Rod-shaped muscle
43
Chondr/o
Cartilage
44
Fasci/o
Band, fascia
45
Fibr/o
Fiber, fibrous tissue
46
Synov/o
Synovial membrane, synovial fluid
47
Ten/o
Tend/o
Tendin/o
Tendon
48
-asthenia
Weakness
| debility
49
-blast
embryonic cell
50
-clasia
to break; surgical fracture
51
-clast
to break; surgical fracture
52
-desis
binding, fixation
53
-malacia
softening
54
-physis
growth
55
-porosis
Porous
56
-sarcoma
malignant tumor of connective tissue
57
-scopy
visual examination
58
a-
without, not
59
dys-
bad, painful
| difficult
60
sub-
under
| below
61
supra-
above
excessive
superior
62
syn-
union
together
joined
