Musculoskeletal system Flashcards
ambul/o
walk
cephal/0
head
cervic/o
neck
calcane/o
heel
cubit/o
elbow
carp/o
wrist
cost/o
rib
crani/o
cranium
dactyl/o
digits
faci/o
face
femor/o
hip
fibul/o
fibula
hy/o
hyoid
humer/o
humorous
lamin/o
lamina of the vertebra
lumb/o
lower back
mandibul/o
lower jaw bone
odont/o
teeth
oste/o
bone
patell/o
kneecap
phlang/o
phalanges
pub/o
pubis
ped/o
feet
radi/o
radius
rachi/o
vertebra
sacr/o
flesh
spondyl/o
vertebra
thorac/o
thorax
tars/o
the sole of foot/ankle
tibi/o
tibia
uln/o
middle/lower arm
vertebra
vertebrae
amb/i
both
ankyl/o
crooked
arthr/o
joint
burs/o
bursa
calc/o
calcium
caud/o
tail
chondr/o
cartilage
cry/o
cold
dextr/o
performing tasks with hands
dist/o
far
encephal/o
brain
fontan/o
fontanel
kinesi/o
movement
menisc/o
meniscus
meningi/o
meninges
-asthenia
weakness
-blast
build
-clast
destroy
-desis
fixation
-pexy
surgical fixation
-phobia
abnormal fear
-physis
to grow
-plegia
paralysis
-poiesis
formation
-rrhexis
rupture
-taxia
coordination
-therapy
treatment
meter/o
measure
myel/o
bone marrow or spinal cord
my/o
muscle
orth/o
straight
pelv/i
pelvic bone
physi/o
physical
por/o
pore
proxim/o
near
quadr/i
four
roentgen/o
x-ray
sacr/o
soft tissue
scoli/o
curved
synov/o
synovial membrane
ten/o
tendon
troph/o
development
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
de-
decrease
endo-
within
hemi-
half
inter-
between
meta-
beyond
peri-
around
para-
beside