DE Med Term Unit 3 - Musculoskeletal Word Parts ONLY

dorsi-

back

ten/o

tendon

-desis

to bind, tie together

rheumat/o

watery flow

chondr/o

cartilage

articul/o

joint

ad-

toward

tendin/o

tendon

synov/o

synovial membrane

ligament/o

ligament

burs/o

bursa

arthr/o

joint

pub/o

pubis - anterior part of pelvic bone

scapul/o

scapula - shoulder blade

tars/o

tarsals - bones of mid and hind foot

radi/o

radius - forearm bone on thumb side

stern/o

sternum - breastbone

tibi/o

tibia - shinbone

ischi/o

ischium - posterior part of pelvis

mandibul/o

mandible - lower jawbone

metacarp/o

metacarpals - hand bones

olecran/o

olecranon - elbow

pelv/o

pelvis

malleol/o

malleolus - process on each side of ankle

maxill/o

maxilla - upper jawbone

metatars/o

metatarsals - foot bones

patell/o

patella - kneecap

phalang/o

phalanges - finger or toe bones

carp/o

carpals - wrist bones

cost/o

ribs - true, false, and floating

femor/o

femur - thigh bone

humer/o

humerus - upper arm bone

clavicul/o

clavicul - collarbone

crani/o

cranium - skull

fibul/o

fibula - smaller lower leg bone

ili/o

ilium - upper part of pelvis

scoli/o

crooked, bent

vertebr/o

vertebra

-clast

to break

-malacia

softening

-porosis

pore, passage

acetabul/o

acetabulum - hip socket

spondyl/o

vertebra

-blast

embryonic or immature cell

-listhesis

slipping

-physis

to grow

-tome

instrument to cut

calcane/o

calcaneus heel

calc/o

calci/o

calcium

lamin/o

lamina

lumb/o

lower back, loins

ortho/o

straight

kyph/o

hunchback, humpback

lord/o

curve, swayback

myel/o

bone marrow

oste/o

bone

myocardi/o

heart muscle

plant/o

sole of foot

sarc/o

muscle and flesh

-trophy

development, nourishment

myos/o

muscle

rhabdomy/o

skeletal muscle, connected to bones

-asthenia

lack of strength

ab-

away from

poly-

many, much

-stenosis

narrowing

uln/o

ulna - forearm bone on pinky side

leiomy/o

smooth muscle, lines internal organs

ankyl/o

stiff

fasci/o

fascia

fibr/o

fibrous connective tissue

my/o

muscle