Musculoskeletal vocab

Question 1

Osteo-

Answer 1

prefix relating to bones

Question 2

Chondro-

Answer 2

prefix relating to cartilage

Question 3

Myelo-

Answer 3

prefix relating to bone marrow

Question 4

Arthro-

Answer 4

prefix relating to joints

Question 5

Teno- / tendino-

Answer 5

prefix relating to tendons (hot tip! : tendons bind muscles to bones)

Question 6

Ligamento-

Answer 6

prefix relating to ligaments (hot tip! : ligaments bind bones to bones)

Question 7

Burso-

Answer 7

prefix relating to bursa (hot tip! : bursa are shock absorbers between tendons and bone)

Question 8

Myo- / Myoso-

Answer 8

prefix relating to muscle

Question 9

-malacia

Answer 9

suffix meaning softening

Question 10

-porosis

Answer 10

suffix relating to the condition of being porous

Question 11

-asthenia

Answer 11

suffix meaning weakness or loss of strength

Question 12

-trophy

Answer 12

suffix meaning development or stimulation (hot tip! : using the prefixes a- or an- means an opposite or lack of the term. “A”trophy means lack of development, for example)

Question 13

-algia / -algesia

Answer 13

suffix meaning pain

Question 14

-itis

Answer 14

suffix meaning inflammation

Question 15

-oma

Answer 15

suffix meaning swelling or tumor