Musculoskeletal Flashcards
arthr/o
joint
articul/o
joint
burs/o
purse or sac/bursa
carp/o
wrist
chondr/o
cartilage
condyl/o
knuckle of a joint
cost/o
rib
fasci/o
fascia/ Fascia is a thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle in place
femor/o
thigh femur
fibr/o
fiber
fibul/o
fibula
ili/o
flank/hip/groin/ilium of pelvis
ischi/o
haunch/hip joint/ischium
menisc/o
meniscus
muscul/o
muscle
my/o or myo/s
muscle
myel
bone marrow
orth/o
straight
oste/o
bone
pariet/o
wall
patell/o
patella kneecap
ped/o
child
petr/o
stone
phalang/o
phalanges or fingers toes
phys/o
growth
pub/o
pubis
radi/o
radius forearm bone
sacr/o
sacred sacrum above the coccyx
skelet/o
skeleton
spondyl/o
vertebra
stern/o
chest/sternum
synov/o synovi/o
synovial
tars/o
tarsal bone above the toe joints
ten/o tendon/o
stretch/tendon
vertebr/o
vertebra
prefix a-
without or absence