Muscular/Skeletal System Med Terms

oste/o

oste/o

bone

chondr/o

cartilage

arthr/o

joint

myel/o

bone marrow

ten/o or tendin/o

tendon

ligament/o

ligament

burs/o

bursa (shock absorber between tendons and bones)

my/o or myos/o

muscle

-malacia

softening

-porosis

porous

-asthenia

weakness, loss of strength

-trophy

development, stimulation, maintenance

-algia or algesia

pain

arthr(o)

joint

carp(o)

wrist

clavicul(o)

clavicle

cost(o)

rib

crani(o)

skull

femur(o)

femur

brady-

slow

dia-

apart, through

end- or endo-

within, inside

exo-

outside of, without

epi-

above

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

insufficient

inter-

between

-osis

condition, status process

-otomy

cutting into

-ostomy

formation of an opening

-plasty

surgical repair

-pathy

disease

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instruction for viewing

-scopy

visual examination