Anatomy and Medical Terminology: Bones, Joints, and Musculoskeletal Terms

extremities

ankyl/o

crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

arthr/o

joint

brachi/o

arm

burs/o

bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

calcane/o

calcaneus; heel bone

carp/o

wrist

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

chir/o

hand

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle; collarbones

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

cubit/o

elbow

dactyl/o

digits (fingers or toes)

dextr/o

to the right

femor/o

thigh bone

fibul/o

fibula; lower leg bone

humer/o

humerus; upper arm bone

hy/o

hyoid bone

ili/o

ilium; top of the hip bone

kyph/o

humpback

ligament/o

ligament

lord/o

curve; swayback

lumb/o

lumbar region; loin

lux/o

slide

mandibul/o

mandible; lower jaw bone

menisc/o

meniscus; cartilage in the knee joint

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

narc/o

numbness; sleep; stupor

nas/o

nose

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella; kneecap

ped/o

foot; child

phalang/o

phalanges; fingers or toes

physi/o

nature; function

por/o

opening; passageway; porous

pod/o

foot

pub/o

pubis; pubic region

pyret/o

fever

rachi/o

spine; vertebra

rheumat/o

watery flow

rhin/o

nose

sacr/o

sacrum

sarc/o

flesh; connective tissue

scoli/o

crooked; bent

sinistr/o

to the left

spondyl/o

vertebra; backbone

ster/o

solid structure; steroid

stern/o

sternum; breastbone

styl/o

column; pillar; tube

synovi/o

lubricating fluid of joints

tars/o

ankle

ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

tendon

tibi/o

tibia; lower leg bone

uln/o

ulna; lower arm bone

vertebr/o

vertebrae; spinal column bones

a-, an-

not; without

ambi-

both sides

anti-

against

inter-

between

intra-

within; into

meta-

change; beyond

non-

not

peri-

around; surrounding

poly-

many; much

sub-

below; under

supra-

above

syn-

together; with

-al, -an, -ic, -ous

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ation

process; condition

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-clast

to break down; destroy

-desis

to bind; tie together

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-graph

instrument for recording

-ism

process; condition

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-oid

like; resembling

-oma

tumor; mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-penia

deficiency

-physis

growth; growth plate

-plasty

surgical repair

-porosis

abnormal condition of small holes

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

visual examination using a scope

-tomy

process of cutting; incision