[REVIEW] Chapter 15 | Musculoskeletal System: Combining Forms/Suffixes/Prefixes, & Terminology

Some of the terms here will be the same as the other question set and I may miss some duplicates I write here, sorry :(

Acetabul/o

acetabulum (hip socket)

Ankyl/o

stiff

Arthr/o

joint

Articul/o

joint

Burs/o

bursa

Calc/o

calcium

Calcane/o

calcaneus (heel bone)

Carp/o

wrist bones (carpals)

Cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

Chondr/o

cartilage

Clavicul/o

collarbone

Coccyg/o

tailbone

Cost/o

ribs

Crani/o

skull

Fasci/o

fascia

Femor/o

thigh bone

Leiomy/o

smooth muscle

Humer/o

upper arm bone

Ili/o

ilium

Ishchi/o

ischium

Kyph/o

humpback

Lamin/o

lamina (part of the vertebral arch)

Lord/o

curve, swayback

Lumb/o

loins, lower back

Malleol/o

malleolus

Maxill/o

maxilla

Metacarp/o

hand bones

Matatars/o

foot bones

My/o

muscle

Myel/o

bone marrow

Myos/o

muscle

Olecran/o

olecranon (elbow)

Orth/o

straight

Oste/o

bone

Patell/o

patella (kneecap)

Perone/o

fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

Phalang/o

finger & toe bones

Vertebr/o

vertebra (backbone)

Rhabdomy/o

striated (skeletal) muscle

Spondyl/o

vertebra (backbone)

Sacr/o

sacrum

Sarc/o

flesh

Scapul/o

shoulder blade

Scoli/o

crooked, bent (lateral curvature of the spine)

Stern/o

breast bone

Thorac/o

chest

Fibul/o

large lower leg bone

Uln/o

lower arm bone (little finger side)

Radi/o

lower arm bone (thumb side)

Mandibul/o

lower jaw bone

\-algia

pain

\-asthenia

lack of strength

\-blast

embryonic; immature cell

\-clast

to break

\-desis

bind, tie together

\-emia

blood condition

\-listhesis

slipping

\-malacia

softening

\-penia

deficiency

\-plasty

surgical repair

\-porosis

condition of pores (spaces)

\-stenosis

tightening (narrowing)

\-tome

instrument to cut

\-trophy

nourishment, development

a-, an-

no, not, without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

dia-

complete, through

dorsi-

back

epi-

above, upon, on

exo-

out, away from

meta-

beyond, between

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many

sub-

under, below

supra-

above, upper

Hypercalcemia

blood condition of excessive calcium

Decalcification

process of making less calcium

Kyphosis

abnormal condition of posterior curvature in the thoracic region

Laminectomy

excision of the lamina (part of the vertebral arch)

Lordosis

abnormal condition of anterior curvature in the lumbar region

Lumbar

pertaining to loins / lower back

Lumbosacral

pertaining to the lower back & sacrum

Myelopoiesis

formation of the bone marrow

Orthopedics

pertaining to straight child

Osteitis

inflammation of bone

Osteodystrophy

nourishment of bone abnormal

Osteogenesis

forming bone

Scoliosis

abnormal condition of crooked / bent spine (lateral curvature of the spine)

Spondylosis

abnormal condition of vertebra

Vertebroplasty

surgical repair of vertebra

Osteoblast

embryonic bone

Osteoclast

to break bone

Spondylolisthesis

slipping of vertebra

Osteomalacia

softening of bone

Epiphysis

to grow above

Pubic Symphysis

to grow the two pubic bones in the anterior of the pelvis

Osteoporosis

passage of bone

Osteotome

instrument to cut bone

Acetabular

pertaining to the acetabulum (hip socket)