Musculoskeletal System (Ch 10) Flashcards
arthr/o
joint
calc/o
calcium
calcane/o
calcaneum
carp/o
carpus (wrist bones)
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
chondr/o
cartilage
cost/o
ribs
crani/o
cranium (skull)
encephal/o
brain
femor/o
femur
fibul/o
fibula (outer bone of leg)
humer/o
humerus
lumb/o
loin (lower back)
metacarp/o
metacarpus (hand bones)
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
my/o
muscle
oste/o
bone
patell/o
patella
sacr/o
sacrum
spin/o
spine
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
vertebra (back bone)
stern/o
sternum
tend/o
tendon
tibi/o
tibia (inner bone of leg)
cyst/o
bladder
enter/o
intestine (usually small intestine)
hepat/o
liver
roentgen/o
xrays
scler/o
hardening; sclera of eye
-genesis
forming; producing; origin
en-
in, within
hemi-
one half
hypo-
under, below, deficient
inter-
between
peri-
around
quadri-
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