Chapter 4 Skeletal

ankyl/o

stiff joint

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

carp/o

carpus

cervic/o

neck

chrondr/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 (X-ray)

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

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-clasia

surgically break

-desis

to fuse

-ectomy

surgical removal

-genic

producing

-gram

record

-graph

to record

-graphy

process of recording

-iatry

medical treatment

-itis

inflammation

-listhesis

slipping

-logic

pertaining to study of

-logy

study of

-malacia

abnormal softening

-metry

process of measuring

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-otomy

cutting into

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-porosis

porous

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopic

pertaining to visually examining

-scopy

process of visually examining

-stenosis

narrowing

-tome

instrument to cut

carpal

carp/o = carpus

pertaining to carpus

cervical

cervic/o = neck

pertaining to neck

clavicular

clavicul/o = clavicle

pertaining to clavicle

coccygeal

coccyg/o = coccyx

pertaining to coccyx

cortical

cortic/o = outer layer

pertaining to outer layer

costal

cost/o = rib

pertaining to rib

cranial

crani/o = skull

pertaining to skull

femoral

femor/o = femur

pertaining to femur

fibular

fibul/o = fibula

pertaining to fibula

humeral

humer/o = humerus

pertaining to humerus

iliac

ili/o = ilium

pertaining to ilium

intervertebral

inter = between

vertebr/o = vertebra

pertaining to between vertebrae

intracranial

intra = within

crani/o = skull

pertaining to within skull

ischial

ischi/o = ischium

pertaining to ischium

lumbar

lumb/o = low back

pertaining to low back

mandibular

mandibul/o = mandible

pertaining to mandible

maxillary

maxill/o = maxilla

pertaining to maxilla

medullary

medull/o = inner region

pertaining to inner region

metacarpal

metacarp/o = metacarpus

pertaining to metacarpus

metatarsal

metatars/o = metatarsus

pertaining to metatarsus

patellar

patell/o = patella

pertaining to patella

phalangeal

phalang/o = phlanges

pertaining to phalanges