med terms ch 4

ankyl/o

stiff joint

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

carp/o

carpus

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle

coccyg/o

coccyx

cortic/o

outer layer

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

cutane/o

skin

erythr/o

red

femor/o

femur

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

kyph/o

hump

lamin/o

lamina

lord/o

bent backward

lumb/o

loin

mandibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

medull/o

inner region

metacarp/o

metacarpus

metatars/o

metatarsus

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella

path/o

disease

ped/o

child; foot

phalang/o

phalanges

pod/o

foot

prosthet/o

addition

pub/o

pubis

radi/o

radius, ray (xray)

sacr/o

sacrum

sarc/o

flesh

scapul/o

scapula

scoli/o

crooked

spin/o

spine

spondyl/o

vertebra

stern/o

sternum

synov/o

synovial membrane

system/o

system

tars/o

tarsus

thorac/o

chest

tibi/o

tibia

uln/o

ulna

vertebr/o

vertebra

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-clasia

surgically break

-desis

to fuse

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal

-genic

producing

-gram

record

-graph

to record

-graphy

process of recording

-iatry

medical treatment

-ic

pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

listhesis

slipping

-logic

pertaining to study of

-logy

study of

-malacia

abnormal softening

-metry

process of measuring

-oma

tumor

-ory

pertaining to

-osis

abnormal condition

-otomy

cutting into

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-porosis

porous

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopic

pertaining to visually examining

-scopy

process of visually examining

-stenosis

narrowing

-tic

pertaining to

-tome

instrument to cut

anti-

agaisnt

bi-

two

ex-

outward

inter-

between

intra-

within

non-

not

por-

through

sub-

under

pro- / pre-

before

carpal

pertaining to carpus

cervical

pertaining to neck

clavicular

pertaining to clavicle