Skeletal Terms List

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)

carp/o

wrist

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

chir/o

hand

chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

kyph/o

humpback

lord/o

curve; swayback

lumb/o

lumbar region; loin

lux/o

slide

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

narc/o

numbness; sleep; stupor

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ped/o

foot; child

pod/o

foot

pyret/o

fever

rachi/o

spine; vertebra

rheumat/o

watery flow

sacr/o

sacrum

sarc/o

flesh; connective tissue

scoli/o

crooked; bent

spondyl/o

vertebra; backbone

ster/o

solid structure; steroid

synovi/o

lubricating fluid of joints

tars/o

ankle

ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

tendon

-ation

process; condition

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-desis

to bind; tie together

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-oid

like; resembling

-oma

tumor; mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-penia

deficiency

-plasty

surgical repair

-porosis

abnormal condition of small holes

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

visual examination using a scope

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

a-, an-

not; without

anti-

against

inter-

between

intra-

within; into

meta-

change; beyond

non-

not

peri-

around; surrounding

sub-

below; under

supra-

above

syn-

together; with

-al, -ic

pertaining to

-algia

pain