Zaayan Patel Unit 4

acr/o extremities

ankyl/o crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

arthr/o joint

brachi/o arm

burs/o bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

calcane/o calcaneus; heel bone

carp/o wrist

cervic/o neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

chir/o hand

chondr/o cartilage

clavicul/o clavicle; collarbones

cost/o rib

crani/o skull

cubit/o elbow

dactyl/o digits (fingers or toes)

dextr/o to the right

femor/o thigh bone

fibul/o fibula; lower leg bone

humer/o humerus; upper arm bone

hy/o hyoid bone

ili/o ilium; top of the hip bone

kyph/o humpback

ligament/o ligament

lord/o curve; swayback

lumb/o lumbar region; loin

lux/o slide

mandibul/o mandible; lower jaw bone

menisc/o meniscus; cartilage in the knee joint

myel/o bone marrow; spinal cord

narc/o numbness; sleep; stupor

nas/o nose

orth/o straight

oste/o bone

patell/o patella; kneecap

ped/o foot; child

phalang/o phalanges; fingers or toes

physi/o nature; function

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pod/o foot

por/o opening; passageway; porous

pub/o pubis; pubic region

pyret/o fever

rachi/o spine; vertebra

rheumat/o watery flow

rhin/o nose

sacr/o sacrum

sarc/o flesh; connective tissue

scoli/o crooked; bent

sinistr/o to the left

spondyl/o vertebra; backbone

stern/o sternum; breastbone

ster/o solid structure; steroid

styl/o column; pillar; tube

synovi/o lubricating fluid of joints

tars/o ankle

ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o tendon

tibi/o tibia; lower leg bone

uln/o ulna; lower arm bone

vertebr/o vertebrae; spinal column bones

Remember: a free-standing prefix is always followed by a hyphen (sub-).

Prefixes (12)

Prefix Meaning

a-, an- not, without

ambi- both sides

anti- against

inter- between

intra- within, into

meta- change, beyond

non- not

peri- around, surrounding

poly- many, much

sub- below, under

supra- above

syn- together, with

Remember: a free-standing suffix always follows a hyphen (-itis).

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Suffixes (21)

Suffix Meaning

-al, -an, -ic, -ous pertaining to

-algia pain

-ation process, condition

-centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid

-clast to break down, destroy

-desis to bind, tie together

-ectomy surgical removal, excision

-graph instrument for recording

-ism process, condition

-itis inflammation

-malacia softening

-oid like, resembling

-oma tumor, mass

-osis abnormal condition

-penia deficiency

-physis growth, growth plate

-plasty surgical repair