Med Term - Unit 4 (Skeletal system)

acr/o

extremities

ankyl/o

crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

calcane/o

calcaneus; heel bone

carp/o

wrist

spondyl/o

spine; vertebrae

chir/o

hand

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle; collarbones

ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

tendon

cubit/o

elbow

ster/o

solid structure; steroid

stern/o

sternum; breastbone

synovi/o

lubricating fluid of the joints

tars/o

toes

cost/o

ribs

scoli/o

crooked; bent

vertebr/o

spine; vertebrae

dactyl/o

digits (fingers and toes)

cervic/o

neck, cervix (neck of uterus)

hy/o

hyoid bone

ili/o

ilium; top of hip bone

kyph/o

humpback

ligament/o

ligament

lord/o

curve; swayback

lumb/o

lumbar region; loin

lux/o

slide

mandibul/o

mandible; lower jaw bone

nas/o, rhin/o

nose

menisc/o

meniscus; cartilage in the knee joint

orth/o

straight

oste/o

skeletal, bone

patell/o

kneecap; patella

ped/o

foot; child

phalang/o

phalanges; fingers and toes

physi/o

nature; function

por/o

opening; passageway; porous

sacr/o

sacrum

sarc/o

flesh; connective tissue

rheumat/o

watery flow

pod/o

foot

pub/o

pubis; pubic region

rachi/o

spine; vertebra

-ation

process; condition

-centesis

puncture

-clast

to break down; destroy

-desis

to bind; tie together

-malacia

softening

-ism

condition; process

-oid

like; resembling

-penia

deficiency

-physis

growth; growth plate

-plasty

surgical repair

-porosis

abnormal condition of small holes

a-, an-

not; without; no

ambi-

both sides

anti-

against

inter-

between

intra-

within; into

meta-

change; beyond

non-

not

poly-

many; much

DJD

degenerative joint disease

Fx

function; fracture

OA

osteoarthritis

ORIF

open reduction and internal fixation

NSAID

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

LBP

lower back pain

RA

rheumatoid arthritis

CRIF

closed reduction and internal fixation