Med Term Unit 4-Skeletal System

acr/o

top, tip, extremities of the body

ankyl/o

stiff, crooked, bent

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

sac or pouch filled with synovial fluid

calcane/o

relating to the heel ,

carp/o

relating to the wrist bones

spondyl/o

relating to the vertebrae

chir/o

relating to the hands

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle

ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

tendon

cubit/o

cubital

ster/o

sternum

synovi/o

synovial

tars/o

tarsals

cost/o

rib

scoli/o

scoliosis, curve

vertebr/o

vertebrae

dactyl/o

finger, toe

cervic/o

neck

hy/o

hyoid bone

ili/o

ilium

kyph/o

humpback

ligament/o

ligament

lord/o

bent backwards

lumb/o

lumbar

lux/o

dislocate

mandibul/o

mandible

nas/o, rhin/o

nose, nasal

menisc/o

meniscus

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella, knee

ped/o

foot, child

phalang/o

phalanges

physi/o

physical

por/o

pore

sacr/o

flesh

sarc/o

connective tissue

rheumat/o

joints, muscles, bones

pod/o

foot

pub/o

pubis

rachi/o

spine, vertebral column

-ation

condition of

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-clast

destruction

-desis

surgical fixation 

-malacia

abnormal softening

-ism

condition

-oid

in the shape of

-penia

deficiency, lack, decrease of

-physis

growth

-plasty

reconstruction 

-porosis

break down of

a-, an-

no, not, without

ambi-

both

anti-

against

inter-

inside

intra-

inside

meta-

after, beyond, change

non-

without

poly-

many, excessive

DJD

Degenerative joint disease

Fx

Fracture

OA

Osteoarthritis

ORIF

Open reduction and internal fixation

NSAID

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory drug

LBP

Low back pain

RA

Rheumatoid Arthritis

CRIF

Closed reduction and internal fixation