Unit 5: Musculoskeletal System - Word Parts Flashcards by Aubree Wilson

Q

ankyl/o

A

bent, crooked, stiff

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arthr/o

A

joint

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brachi/o

A

arm

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burs/o

A

fluid filed sac near a joint

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calcane/o

A

heel

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carp/o

A

wrist

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Q

-cele

A

hernia, swelling, tumor

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cervic/o

A

neck

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chondr/o

A

cartilage

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Q

-clasia

A

breaking, crushin

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coccyx

A

tail of the vertebral column, tailbone

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Q

cost/o

A

rib

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crani/o

A

head, skull

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dactyl/o

A

finger

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dys-

A

bad, painful, difficult

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-ectomy

A

removal

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fasci/o

A

fascia, connective tissue that encases muscles

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femor/o

A

femur, thigh bone

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kines-

A

movement, motion

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kinesi/o

A

movement, motion

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lumb/o

A

lumbar, lover back, loin

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metacarp/o

A

bones of the hand

Q

my/o

A

muscle

Q

myos/o

A

muscle

Q

muscul/o

A

muscle

Q

myel/o

A

bone marrow

Q

ost-

A

bone

Q

oste/o

A

bone

Q

-paresis

A

slight paralysis, partial

Q

patell/o

A

patella, kneecap

Q

-plegia

A

paralysis

Q

-physis

A

growth

Q

radi/o

A

radius bone or x-ray,radiation

Q

spondyl/o

A

vertebra

Q

stern/o

A

sternum, breastbone

Q

tars/o

A

ankle

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tax/o

A

arrangement, order, coordination

Q

thora-

A

chest

Q

thorac/o

A

chest

Q

tibi/o

A

tibia, lower leg, shin bone

Q

ten/o

A

tendon

Q

tend/o

A

tendon

Q

tendin/o

A

tendon

Q

ton/o

A

tone, tension, stretching

Q

-trophy

A

nourishment, development

Q

vertebr/o

A

backbone