Unit 5: Musculoskeletal System - Word Parts Flashcards
1
Q
ankyl/o
A
bent, crooked, stiff
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
brachi/o
A
arm
4
Q
burs/o
A
fluid filed sac near a joint
5
Q
calcane/o
A
heel
6
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
7
Q
-cele
A
hernia, swelling, tumor
8
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
9
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
10
Q
-clasia
A
breaking, crushin
11
Q
coccyx
A
tail of the vertebral column, tailbone
12
Q
cost/o
A
rib
13
Q
crani/o
A
head, skull
14
Q
dactyl/o
A
finger
15
Q
dys-
A
bad, painful, difficult
16
Q
-ectomy
A
removal
17
Q
fasci/o
A
fascia, connective tissue that encases muscles
18
Q
femor/o
A
femur, thigh bone
19
Q
kines-
A
movement, motion
20
Q
kinesi/o
A
movement, motion
21
Q
lumb/o
A
lumbar, lover back, loin
22
Q
metacarp/o
A
bones of the hand
23
Q
my/o
A
muscle
24
Q
myos/o
A
muscle
25
muscul/o
muscle
26
myel/o
bone marrow
27
ost-
bone
28
oste/o
bone
29
-paresis
slight paralysis, partial
30
patell/o
patella, kneecap
31
-plegia
paralysis
32
-physis
growth
33
radi/o
radius bone or x-ray,radiation
34
spondyl/o
vertebra
35
stern/o
sternum, breastbone
36
tars/o
ankle
37
tax/o
arrangement, order, coordination
38
thora-
chest
39
thorac/o
chest
40
tibi/o
tibia, lower leg, shin bone
41
ten/o
tendon
42
tend/o
tendon
43
tendin/o
tendon
44
ton/o
tone, tension, stretching
45
-trophy
nourishment, development
46
vertebr/o
backbone
