Word Parts

Ankyl/o

Crooked, bent, stiff

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

chondr/i, chrondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

\-desis

to bind, tie together

kyph/o

bent, hump

lord/o

curve, swayback, bent

\-lysis

loosening or setting

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o

bone

scoli/o

curved, bent

spondy/l

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

synovi/o, synov/o

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

Fasci/

Fascia

Fibr/o

fibrous tissue

Muscul/o

Muscle

my/o

muscle

orth/o

straight, normal

ped/o

foot

phalang/o

bones of the fingers and toes

pod/o

foot

ten/o, tendin/o

tendon

vertebr/o

vertebra