Medical Words

leiomy/o

smooth (visceral) muscle

muscul/o

my/o

muscle

rhabd/o

rod-shaped (striated)

rhabdomy/o

rod-shaped (striated) muscle

brachi/o

arm

carp/o

carpus (wrist bone)

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)

clavicul/o

clavicle (collar bone)

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

cranium (skull)

dactyl/o

fingers; toes

humer/o

humerus (upper arm bone)

metacarp/o

metacarpus (hand bones)

phalang/o

phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes)

radi/o

radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side)

spondyl/o

vertebr/o

vertebrae (backbone)

stern/o

sternum (breastbone)

thorac/o

chest

calcane/o

calcaneum (heel bone)

femor/o

femur (thigh bone)

fibul/o

fibula (smaller bone of the lower leg)

ili/o

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)

ischi/o

ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

metatars/o

metatarsus (foot bones)

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

pelv/i

pelv/o

pelvis

pod/o

foot

pub/o

pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

tibi/o

tibia (larger bone of the lower leg)

ankyl/o

stiffness; bent, crooked

arthr/o

joint

chondr/o

cartilage

fasci/o

band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)

fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

kyph/o

humpback

lamin/o

lamina (part of vertebral arch)

lord/o

curve, swayback

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ped/o

ped/i

foot; child

scoli/o

crooked, bent

synov/o

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

ten/o

tend/o

tendin/o

tendon

-asthenia

weakness, debility

-clasia

to break; surgical fracture

-clast

to break; surgical fracture

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-malacia

softening

-porosis

porous

-sarcoma

malignant tumor of connective tissue

a-

without, not

dys-

bad; painful; difficult

syn-

union, together, joined