Ch 14 Musculoskeletal Word Parts

carp/o

carpals (wrist)

clavicul/o

clavicle (collarbone)

cost/o

rib

crani/o

cranium (skull)

femor/o

femur

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

lumb/o

loin, lumbar region of spine

mandibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

myel/o

bone marrow

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patellar

pelvi/o

pelvis, pelvic cavity

phalang/o

phalanx (phalanges)

pub/o

pubis

rachi/o

vertebra

radi/o

radius

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

scapula

spondyl/o

vertebra

stern/o

sternum

tars/o

tarsals

tibi/o

tibia

uln/o

ulna

vertebr/o

vertebra

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

chondr/o

cartilage

disc/o

intervertebral disk

fasci/o

fascia (connective tissue)

lamin/o

lamina (thin, flat plate)

menisc/o

meniscus

my/o

muscle

myos/o

muscle

synov/i

synovia, synovial membrane

tendin/o

tendon

ten/o

tendon

ankyl/o

stiff, bent

kinesi/o

movement, motion

kyph/o

hump

lord/o

bent forward

necr/o

death

rhabd/o

rod-shaped, striated

petr/o

stone

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

scoli/o

curved (spine)

brady-

slow

inter-

between

intra-

within

micro-

small

poly-

many, much

sub-

under, below

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weakness

-centesis

surgical procedure to aspirate fluid

-desis

surgical fixation

-eal

pertaining to

-ia

diseased state

-is

no meaning

-malacia

softening

-osis

abnormal condition

-penia

abnormal reduction in number of

-rrhaphy

suturing, repairing

-sarcoma

malignant tumor

-schisis

split, fissure

-trophy

nourishment, development

-physis

growth