Medical Terminology: Musculoskeletal System pt 1 (8-15)

Flashcards covering essential medical terminology related to the musculoskeletal system, including combining forms, suffixes, prefixes, and terms for common conditions.

ankyl/o

stiff joint

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

burs/o

sac

carp/o

carpus (wrist)

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle

coccyg/o

coccyx

cortic/o

outer layer

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

femor/o

femur

fibr/o

fibers

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

kyph/o

hump

lamin/o

Lamina, part of the vertebra

lord/o

bent backward

lumb/o

loin, low back

mandibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

medulla/o

inner portion

menisc/o

meniscus

metacarpal/o

metacarpus

metatarsa/o

metatarsus

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella

pector/o

chest

ped/o

foot, child

pelv/o

pelvis

phalang/o

phalanges

pod/o

foot

prosthet/o

addition

pub/o

pubis

radi/o

radius, ray

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

scapula

scoli/o

crooked

spin/o

spine

spondyl/o

vertebrae

stern/o

sternum

synovi/o

synovial membrane

tars/o

tarsus

thorac/o

chest

tibi/o

tibia

uln/o

ulna

vertebr/o

vertebra

-blast

immature

-clasia

to break surgically

-clast

broken

-desis

to fuse

-listhesis

slipping

-logic

pertaining to study of

-phyte

growth

-malacia

abnormal softening

-porosis

porous

-algia

pain

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

anti-

against

bi-

two

dis-

apart

ex-

outward

inter-

between

intra-

within

non-

not

pre-

before

sub-

below, under

a-

without

-otomy

cutting into

-itis

inflammation

-trophy

development