MedTerm Chapter 6

orth/o

correct or straight

ped/o

child

ligamentum

bandage

skeltos

dried up

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

carp/o

carpus (wrist)

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle (collar bone)

coccyg/o

coccyx (tailbone)

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

femor/o

femur (thigh bone)

fibul/o

fibula (thinner lower leg bone)

humer/o

humerus (upper arm bone)

ili/o

ilium (part of pelvis)

ischi/o

ischium (part of pelvis)

mandibul/o

mandible (lower jaw)

maxill/o

maxilla (upper jaw)

menisc/o

meniscus

metacarp/o

metacarpus (hand bones)

metatars/o

metatarsus (foot bones)

muscul/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

phalang/o

phalanges (fingers and toes)

pub/o

pubis (part of pelvis)

radi/o

ray (x-ray), radius (part of forearm)

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

scapula (shoulder blade)

spondyl/o

vertebra

stern/o

sternum (breast bone)

tars/o

tarsus (ankle)

ten/o

tendon

tendin/o

tendon

tibi/o

tibia (shin bone, larger lower leg bone)

uln/o

ulna (part of forearm)

vertebr/o

vertebra (backbone)

ankyl/o

stiff

cutane/o

skin

dors/i

back (of body)

duct/o

to lead

electr/o

electricity

extens/o

to stretch out

fasci/o

fascia

fibr/o

fibers

flex/o

to bend

kyph/o

hump

lord/o

bent backward

path/o

disease

plant/o

sole of foot

scoli/o

crooked

vers/o

to turn

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain condition

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-asthenia

weakness condition

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-clasia

surgical breaking

-cyte

cell

-desis

surgical fusing

-dynia

pain condition

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal

-genic

pertaining to producing

-gram

a record

-graphy

process of recording

-ic

pertaining to

-ion

action

-itis

inflammation

-kinesia

movement condition

-malacia

abnormally soft condition

-metry

process of measuring

-oma

mass, tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-porosis

porous

-rrhaphy

to suture

-rrhexis

rupture

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of visually examining

-tome

instrument to cut

-tomy

cutting into

-trophy

development

chondr/o

cartilage

myel/o

bone marrow

bunion

inflammation and enlargement of bursa of first metatarsophalangeal joint (base of big toe)

carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)

repetitive motion disorder cause by pressure on tendons and nerves as they pass through carpal tunnel of wrist

closed fracture

broken bone with no open skin wound; also called a simple fracture

comminuted fracture

bone break where bone shatters into many small fragments

compound fracture

broken bone with open skin wound; also called open fracture

compression fracture

bone break causing weight loss of height of vertebral body; may result from trauma, but in older persons, especially women, may occur in a bone weakened by osteoporosis

contracture

abnormal shortening of muscle fibers, tendons, or connective tissue making it difficult to stretch muscle

dislocation

occurs when bones in joint are displaced from normal alignment and ends of bones are no longer in contact with each other