HSC 3537- Module 4: Musculoskeletal System

ankyl/o

stiff joint

arthr/o, articul/o

joint

burs/o

sac

carp/o

carpus

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle

coccyg/o

coccyx

cortic/o

outer layer

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

femor/o

femur

fibr/o

fibers

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

kyph/o

humpla

lamin/o

lamina (part of vertebra)

lord/o

bent backward

lumb/o

loin (low back between ribs and pelvis)

madibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

medull/o

inner region

menisc/o

meniscus

metacarp/o

metacarpus

metatars/o

metatarsus

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

ortho/o

straightos

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella

pector/o

chest (p)

ped/o

child; foot

pelv/o

pelvis

phalang/o

phalanges

pod/o

foot

prosthet/o

addition

pub/o

pubis

radi/o

radius; ray (xray)

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

scapula

scoli/o

crooked

spin/o

spine

spondyl/o

vertebrae

stern/o

sternum

synov/o, synovi/

synovial membrane

tars/o

tarsus

thorac/o

chest (t)

tibi/o

tibia

uln/o

ulna

vertebr/o

vertebra

-blast

immature

-clasia

to surgically break

-clast

broken

-desis

to fuse

-listhesis

slipping

-logic

pertaining to study of

-phyte

growth

-porosis

porous

cleid/o

clavicle

duct/o

to lead

extens/o

to stretch out

fasci/o

fibrous band

fibr/o

fibers

flex/o

to bend

kinesi/o

movement

muscul/o, my/o, myos/o

muscle

plant/o

sole of foot

rotat/o

to revolve

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

tendon

vers/o

to turn

-asthenia

weakness

-ion

action

-kinesia

movement

-tonia

tone

-trophic

pertaining to development

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

circum-

around

e-

outward