Musculoskeletal System

oste/o , oss/o , osse/o

bone

jug/o , junctur/o

joint

articul/o , arthr/o

joint

ligat/o , ligament/o

ligament

desm/o

ligament

cartilag/o , chondr/o

cartilage

menisc/o

meniscus, crescent

synovi/o , synov/o

synovial fluid

capsul/o, caps/o

capsule

burs/o

bursa

fasci/o

fascia, band

muscul/o, my/o, myos/o, mys/o

muscle

tendin/o, ten/o , tenont/o

tendon

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

medull/o

bone marrow, innermost part of an organ

spin/o

spine

rach/o

spine

physi/o, -physis

growth, growth plate, natural function

phyt/o, -phyte, -phyma

a growth

capit/o

head

coll/o

neck

corpor/o

body

foramin/o

hole or passageway in a bone

lamin/o

plate

condyl/o

rounded protuberance at the end of bones

styl/o, -style

column-shaped bone, pillar

tuber/o, tubercul/o

tubercle, nodule, swelling

crist/o

crest, ridge

foss/o

a shallow depression, dug, ditch

sulc/o

a groove, furrow

incisur/o

notch, indentation, incision

skelet/o

skeleton

crani/o

cranium

maxill/o

maxilla

mandibul/o

mandible

vertebr/o, spondyl/o

vertebra

cervic/o

neck

thorac/o

thorax

lumb/o

lumbar, loin

sacr/o

sacrum bone

coccyg/o, coccy/o

coccyx, tailbone

cost/o

rib

stern/o

sternum

xiph/o

xiphoid process, sword-like

scapul/o

scapula

om/o

shoulder

clavicul/o, clavic/o, cleid/o

clavicle

humer/o

humerus

radi/o

radius, ray, radioactive

uln/o

ulna

carp/o

wrist

metacarp/o

metacarpal bone

phalang/o

phalanx

dactyl/o

finger

ili/o

ilium bone

ischi/o

ischium bone

pub/o

pubic bone, adult, puberty

femor/o

femur bone, thigh

patell/o

patella bone

gony/o

knee

tibi/o

tibia bone

cnem/o

leg

fibul/o

fibula bone

perone/o

fibula bone

astragal/o

talus bone

tal/o

talus bone

calcane/o

calcaneus bone

ptern/o

heel

scaph/o

scaphoid, shaped like the hull of a boat

metatars/o

metatarsus bone

rhabd/o

striated, rod-like

lei/o

smooth

sarc/o

flesh, muscle

lemm/o, -lemma

membrane, husk

fibr/o, fibrill/o

fiber

fascicul/o

fascicle, small bundle of rod-like structures

tendin/o, ten/o, tenont/o

tendon

ton/o

tension, tone

ventr/o

cavity, belly (of a muscle)

duc/o, duct/o

to lead, convey

abduct/o

lead away from midline

adduct/o

lead toward midline

rot/o, rotat/o

to turn around, rotate

flex/o, -flex

to bend, flex

extens/o

to stretch out, extend, straighten

pron/o, pronat/o

face down

supin/o, supinat/o

face up

dilat/o

spread out

sphincter/o

to bind/constrict

pon/o, pos/o, posit/o

to place, put

oppon/o, oppos/o

oppose, to place opposite

press/o

to press

depress/o

to press down

levat/o

to lift up

rect/o

straight, correct

erect/o, arrect/o

to lift up

malac/o, -malacia

softening

orth/o

straight, correct, upright

frang/o, fract/o

break, broken

-rhexis

rupture