MED TERM CH13: word roots & analysis

ankyl/o

stiff, bent

aponeur/o

aponeurosis

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

carp/o

carpals, wrist

chondr/o

cartilage

clavic/o, clavicul/o

clavicle, collarbone

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

cranium

disk/o

intervertebral disk

femor/o

femur, upper leg bone

fibul/o

fibula, lower leg bone

humer/o

humerus, upper arm bone

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

kines/o

movement, motion

kyph/o

increased convexity of the spine

lord/o

bent forward, increased convexity of the spine

lumb/o

loin, lumbar region of the spine

mandibul/o

mandible, lower jawbone

maxill/o

maxilla, upper jawbone

menisc/o

meniscus/crescent

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella, kneecap

pelv/i

pelvis, pelvic bone

petr/o

stone

phalang/o

bones of the fingers and toes

pub/o

pubis

rachi/o

vertebral spine/column

radi/o

radius

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

scapula

scoli/o

crooked, curved

spondyl/o, vertebr/o

vertebra, vertebral column, spine (2)

stern/o

sternum, breastbone

synovi/o

synovia

tars/o

tarsals, ankle bones

ten/o, tend/o, tendon/o

tendon (3)

tibi/o

tibia, lower leg bone

uln/o

ulna, lower arm bone

arthrocentesis

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from a joint (word)

osteomyelitis

inflammation of bone and bone marrow (word)

vertebroplasty

surgical repair of the vertebral column (word)

ankylosis

abnormal condition of stiffness (word)

arthralgia

painful joint (word)

arthroclasia

surgical breaking of a joint (word)

arthrodesis

surgical fixation of a joint (word)

bradykinesia

condition of slow movement (word)

bursectomy

excision of bursa (word)

chondrectomy

excision of cartilage (word)

costochondral

pertaining to ribs and cartilage (word)

cranioschisis

fissure of the cranium (word)

chondromalacia

softening of cartilage (word)

diskectomy

excision of intervertebral disk (word)

dyskinesia

condition of difficult movement (word)

osteitis

inflammation of bone (word)

osteoclasis

surgical breaking of bone (word)

osteomyelitis

inflammation of bone/bone marrow (word)

osteopetrosis

abnormal condition of stone-like bones (word)

sarcopenia

abnormal reduction of connective tissue (word)

tenomyoplasty

surgical repair of tendon and muscle (word)

tenorrhaphy

suturing of tendon (word)

tenosynovitis

inflammation of tendon and synovial membrane (word)

chondroplasty

surgical repair of cartilage (word)

dystrophy

abnormal development (word)

lordosis

condition of increased convexity of spine (word)

rachiotomy

incision into the vertebral column (word)

suprapatellar

pertaining to above the kneecap (word)

synoviosarcoma

malignant tumor of synovial membrane (word)