Unit 4- skeletal system word parts: medical terminology

acr/o

extremities

ankyl/o

crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

arthr/o

joint

Brachi/o

arm

burs/o

bursa

calcane/o

calcaneus; heel bone

carp/o

wrist

cervic/o

neck; cervix

Chiro/o

hand

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle; collarbone

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

cubit/o

elbow

dactyl/o

digits (fingers/toes)

Dextr/o

to the right

femor/o

thigh bone

humer/o

humerous; upper arm bone

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

side

mandibul/o

mandible; lower jaw bone

menisc/o

meniscus; cartilage in the knee joint

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

narc/o

numbness; sleep; stupor

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella; kneecap

ped/o

child; foot

phalang/o

phalanges; fingers/toes

por/o

opening; passageway; ports

pod/o

foot

pub/o

pubis; public area

pyret/o

fever

rheumat/o

watery flow

sacr/o

sacrum

scoli/o

crooked; bent

spondyl/o

vertebra; backbone

stern/o

sternum; breastbone

tars/o

ankle

ten/o; tendon/o; tendin/o

tendon

tibi/o

tibia; lower leg bone

uln/o

ulna; lower arm bone

vertebr/o

vertebrae; spinal column bones

a-; an-

not; without

ambi-

both sides

inter-

between

intra-

within; into

meta-

change; beyond

non-

not

peri-

around; surrounding

poly-

many; much

sub-

below; under

supra-

above

syn-

together; with

-algia

pain

-ation

process; condition

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-clast

break down; destroy

-desis

bind; tie together

-graph

instrument for recording

-ism

process; condition

-malacia

softening

-oid

like; resembling

-oma

mass; tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-penia

deficiency

-physis

growth; growth plate

-porosis

abnormal condition of small holes

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

visual examination using a scope

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

CT

computerized tomography

DJD

degenerative joint disease

Fx

function

L; Lt

left

LBP

lower back pain

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

NSAID

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

OA

osteoarthritis

ORIF

open reduction and internal fixation

OTC

over-the- counter

R; Rt

right