Medical Terminology Chapter 14 - Word Parts

Musculoskeletal System

carp/o

carpals (wrist)

metacarp/o

hand bones

clavic/o, clavicul/o

clavicle (collarbone)

cost/o

rib

crani/o

cranium (skull)

femor/o

femur (upper leg bone)

fibul/o

fibula (lower leg bone)

humer/o

humerus (upper arm bone)

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

lumb/o

loin, lumbar region of the spine

mandibul/o

mandible (lower jawbone)

maxill/o

maxilla (upper jawbone)

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

pelv/i

pelvis, pelvic bones, pelvic cavity

phalang/o

phalanx (pl. phalanges) (any bone of the fingers or toes)

pub/o

pubis

rachi/o, spondyl/o, vertebr/o

vertebra, spine, vertebral column

radi/o

radius (lower arm bone)

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

scapula (shoulder blade)

stern/o

sternum (breastbone)

tars/o

tarsals (ankle bones)

tibi/o

tibia (lower leg bone)

uln/o

ulna (lower arm bone)

aponeur/o

aponeurosis

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa (cavity)

chondr/o

cartilage

disk/o

intervertebral disk

menisc/o

meniscus (crescent)

synovi/o

synovia, synovial membrane

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

tendon

ankyl/o

stiff, bent

kinesi/o

movement, motion

kyph/o

hump (increased convexity of the spine)

lamin/o

lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)

lord/o

bent forward (increased concavity of the spine)

my/o, myos/o

muscle

myel/o

bone marrow

oste/o

bone

petr/o

stone

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

scoli/o

(lateral) curved (spine)

inter-

between

supra-

above

sym-, syn-

together, joined

-asthenia

weakness

-desis

surgical fixation, fusion

-physis

growth

-schisis

split, fissure

-trophy

nourishment, development