Skeletal System Medical Terminology

sym, syn

joined, together

poly

many

aponeur/o

aponeurosis

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

carp/o

carpals, wrist

chondr/o

cartilage

clavic/o, clavicul/o

clavicle, collarbone

cost/o

rib

crani/o

cranium

disk/o

intervertebral disk

femor/o

femur

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

lumb/o

lumbar region

mandibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

menisc/o

meniscus

myel/o

bone marrow

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella

pelv/i

pelvis

phalang/o

bones of fingers + toes

pub/o

pubis

rachi/o

vertebral column, spine

radi/o

radius

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

scapula, shoulder blade

stern/o

sternum

tars/o

tarsals, ankle bone

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

tendon

tibi/o

tendon

uln/o

ulna

vertebr/o

vertebra

ankyl/o

stiff, bent

kyph/o

increased convexity of spine

lord/o

increase concavity of the spine

scoli/o

crooked, curved

kines/o

movement, motion

synovi/o

synovia