Test 3 Chapter 10 Med Term - Medical Word Elements

leiomy/o

smooth muscle (visceral)

muscul/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

rhabd/o

rod shaped (striated)

rhabdomy/o

rod shaped (striated) muscle

brachi/o

arm

carp/o

carpus (wrist bone)

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck, cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)

clavicul/o

clavicle (collar bone)

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

cranium (skull)

dactyl/o

fingers, toes

humer/o

humerus (upper arm bone)

metacarp/o

metacarpus (hand bones)

phalang/o

phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes)

radi/o

radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

spondyl/o

condition of the vertebrae (backbone)

vertebr/o

anatomy of the vertebrae (backbone)

stern/o

sternum (breast bone)

thorac/o

chest

calcane/o

calcaneum (heel bone)

femor/o

femur (thigh bone)

fibul/o

fibula (smaller bone of the lower leg)

ili/o

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)

ischi/o

ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

metatars/o

metatarsus (foot bones)

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

pelv/i

pelvis

ped/i

foot

pub/o

pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

tibi/o

tibia (larger bone of the lower leg)

ankyl/o

stiffness, bent, crooked

arthr/o

joint

chondr/o

cartilage

fasci/o

band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)

fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

kyph/o

humpback

lamin/o

lamina (part of the vertebral hunch)

lord/o

curve, swayback

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ped/o

foot, child

ped/i

foot, child

scoli/o

crooked, bent

synov/o

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

ten/o

tendon

tend/o

tendon

tendin/o

tendon