The Skeleton: Roots and Suffixes

Question 1

myel/o

Answer 1

bone marrow; also spinal cord

myeloid: pertaining to or resembling bone marrow

Question 2

chondr/o

Answer 2

cartilage

chondroblast: a cartilage-forming cell

Question 3

arthro/o

Answer 3

joint

arthrosis: joint; condition affecting a joint

Question 4

synov/i

Answer 4

synovial fluid, joint or membrane

asynovia: lack of synovial fluid

Question 5

burs/o

Answer 5

bursa

peribursal: around a bursa

Question 6

crani/o

Answer 6

skull, cranium

craniometry: measurement of the cranium

Question 7

spondyl/o

Answer 7

vertebra

spondylolysis: destruction and separation of a vertebra

Question 8

vertebr/o

Answer 8

vertebra, spinal column

paravertebral: near the vertebra or spinal column

Question 9

rachi/o

Answer 9

spine

rachischisis: fissure of the spine; spina bifida

Question 10

cost/o

Answer 10

rib

costochondral: pertaining to a rib and its cartilage

Question 11

sacr/o

Answer 11

sacrum

presacral: in front of the sacrum

Question 12

coccy, coccyg/o

Answer 12

coccyx

coccygeal: pertaining to the coccyx

Question 13

pelvi/o

Answer 13

pelvis

pelviscope: endoscope for examining the pelvis

Question 14

ili/o

Answer 14

ilium

iliopelvic: pertaining to the ilium and pelvis

Question 15

oste/o

Answer 15

bone

osteopenia: deficiency of bone tissue