MedTerm Ch. 5: Musculoskeletal System (roots/suffixes/prefixes)

CREATED 10/24/26

leiomy/o

smooth muscle (visceral)

muscul/o

muscles

my/o

muscles

rhabd/o

rod-shaped (striated) muscle

rhabdomy/o

rod-shaped (striated) muscle

brachi/o

arm

carp/o

carpus (wrist bone)

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck; cervix uteri

clavicul/o

clavicle

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

cranium

dactyl/o

fingers/toes

humer/o

humerus

metacarp/o

metacarpus (hand bone)

phalang/o

phalanges (fingers/toes)

radi/o

radiation, x-rays; radius

spondyl/o

vertebrae

vertebr/o

vertebrae

stern/o

sternum

thorac/o

chest

calcane/o

calcaneum (heel bone)

femor/o

femur

fibul/o

fibula

ili/o

ilium (flared part of hip bone)

ischi/o

ischium (lower part of hip bone)

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

metatars/o

metatarsus

patell/o

patella

pelv/i

pelvis

pelv/o

pelvis

pod/o

foot

pub/o

pubis bone

tibi/o

tibia

ankyl/o

stiffness; bent, crooked

arthr/o

joint

chondr/o

cartilage

fasci/o

band, fascia

fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

kyph/o

hill, mountain

lamin/o

lamina (part of vertebral arch)

lord/o

curve, swayback

myel/o

bone marrow/spinal cord

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ped/o

foot

ped/i

foot

scoli/o

crooked/bent

synov/o

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

tendon

-asthenia

weakness, debility

-clasia, -clast

to break/surgical fracture

-desis

binding/fixation

-malacia

softening

-porosis

porous

-sarcoma

malignant tumor of connective tissue

a-

without/not

dys-

bad/painful/difficult

syn-

union/together/joined