Orthopedics: Musculoskeletal system

Only bold words, no abbreviations

3 types of muscle

Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

carp/o

carpus

Chondr/o

Cartilage

Clavicul/o

Clavicle

coccyg/o

coccyx

crani/o

skull

femor/o

Femur

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

mandibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

menisc/o

meniscus

metacarp/o

Metacarpus

Fibrous Joint

Bones united by fibrous tissue

Cartilaginous joint

Bones united by cartilage

Synovial Joint

Bones are encased in elastic joint capsule

metatars/o

metatarsus

muscul/o

Muscle

My/o

muscle

oste/o

bone

Patell/o

patella

phalang/o

phalanges

pub/o

pubis

radi/o

ray (x-ray), radius

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

Scapula

spondyl/o

vertebra

stern/o

sternum

tars/o

tarsus

ten/o

tendon

tendin/o

tendon

tibi/o

Tibia

Uln/o

ulna

Vertebr/o

vertebra

ankyl/o

stiff

cutane/o

skin

dors/i

Back

duct/o

To lead

electr/o

electricity

fasci/o

fascia

Fibr/o

fibers

flex/o

to bend

Kyph/o

hump

Lord/o

bent backward

orth/o

straight

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

-rrhaphy

to suture

-rrhexis

rupture

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of visually examining

-tome

Instrument to cut

-tomy

Cutting into

-trophy

development

A-

Without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

brady-

slow

dys-

abnormal,difficult, painful

e-

outward

Hyper-

Excessive

In-

Inward, not

Inter-

between

Intra-

Within

Per-

Thorugh

Pseudo-

false

Sub-

under

Supra-

above

iliac

Pertaining to the ilium

Subiliac

Pertaining to under the ilium

Femoral

Pertaining to the femur

Intercostal

Pertaining to between the ribs

Intervertebral

Pertaining to between the vertebra

Fibular

Pertaining to the fibula

Arthrocentisis

Puncture to withdraw fluid from a joint

Arthrodesis

Surgical fusing of a joint

Athrogram

Record of a joint

Supramaxillary

Pertaining to above the maxilla