Word roots, movements, and suffixes related to the Musculoskeletal system

Ankyl/o

stiff joint

Arthr/o

joint

Brachi/o

arm

Carp/o

wrist

Caud/o

tail

Cephal/o

head

Cervic/o

neck

Chondr/o

cartilage

Cleid/o

clavicle

Condyl/o

condyle

Cost/o

rib

Crani/o

head, skull

Dactyl/o

digit

Femor/o

femor, thigh bone

Fibul/o

fibula

Humer/o

humerus

Ili/o

ilium

Ischi/o

hip

Lamin/o

lamina

Lumb/o

lion, lower back

Maxilla/o

upper jaw bone

Metacarp/o

metacarpus

Muscul/o

muscle

My/o

muscle

Myel/o

bone marrow

Orth/o

straight

Oste/o

Bone

Patell/o

kneecap

Ped/o

foot

Pelv/o

pelvis

Phalang/o

phalanges

Pub/o

pubis

Spondyl/o

vertebrae

Stern/o

sternum, breastbone

Tars/o

foot

Ten/o

tendon

Tend/o

tendon

Tens/o

stretch

Thorac/o

chest

Tibi/o

Tibia

Vertebr/o

vertebra

Abduction

movement away from the midline of the body

Adduction

movement toward the midline of the body

Circumduction

movement in a circular direction from a central point

Dorsiflextion

backward bending

Eversion

turning outwards

Extension

movement that brings limbs into or towards a straight condition

Flexion

act of bending or being bent

Inversion

turning inwards

Opposition

move thumb away from palm

Plantarflexion

bend sole of foot, toes point downward

Pronation

to turn downward or backwards

Rotation

moving around the central axis

Supination

turn palm or foot upwards

-blast

germ cell (osteoblast)

-clast

to break (osteoclast)

-desis

stabilize/immobilize (arthrodesis)

-malacia

softening (chrondromalacia)

-plasty

surgical repair (arthroplasty)

-porosis

cavity or pore (osteoporosis)

-scopy

examination (arthroscopy)