Names of Bones Flashcards
Skelet/o
skeleton
Crani/o
cranium (portion of the skull that encloses the brain)
Maxill/o
maxilla
Mandibul/o
mandible
Vertebr/o
vertebra, back bone
Spondyl/o
vertebra
Cervic/o
neck, cervical
Thorac/o
thorax
Lumb/o
loin, lumbar
Sacr/o
sacrum bone, sacred
Coccyg/o
coccyx, tailbone
Coccy/o
coccyx, tailbone
Cost/o
rib
Stern/o
sternum, breastbone
Xiph/o
xiphoid process, sword-like
Scapul/o
scapula, shoulder blade
Om/o
shoulder
Calvicul/o
clavicle, collar bone
Clavic/o
clavicle, collar bone
Cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
Humer/o
humerus
Radi/o
radius, ray, radioactive
Uln/o
ulna
Carp/o
wrist, carpal bone(s)
Metacarp/o
metacarpal bone(s)
Phalang/o
phalanx
Dactyl/o
finger
ili/o
ilium bone
ischi/o
ischium bone
Pub/o
pubic bone, adult, puberty
Femor/o
femur bone, thigh
Patell/o
patella bone
Gony/o
knee
Tibi/o
tibia bone
Cnem/o
leg
Fibul/o
fibula bone
Perone/o
fibula bone
Astragal/o
talus bone
Tal/o
talus bone, ankle
Calcane/o
calcaneus bone
Ptern/o
heel
Scaph/o
scaphoid, shaped like the hull of a boat
Metatars/o
metatarsus bone