AH105 Ch 3 skeletal system wp

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

chondr/i, chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

-desis

to bind, tie together

kyph/o

bent, hump

lord/o

curve, swayback, bent

lumb/o

lumbar, lower back

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o

bone

scoli/o

curved, bent

spondyl/o

vertebrae, vertebral column

synovi/o, synov/o

synovial membrane

peri-

surrounding

end-

within, inside

-um

noun ending

hemat/o

blood

-poietic, -poiesis

pertaining to formation

-path

disease

pod

foot

-iatrist

specialist, physician

-osis

abnormal condition

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

-malacia

softening

poly-

many, much, excessive

-listhesis

slipping

-ago

diseased condition

radicul/o

nerve root

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-scopy

visual examination

synov

synovial membrane

-ectomy

surgical removal

lamin

lamina

-otomy

surgical incision

-lysis

separation; destruction; loosening