med term: musculoskeletal system

adip/o-

fat

ambul/o-

to walk

ankyl/o-

fuse or bind

arachino-

spider

arthr/o-

joint

articul/o-

jointed

-asthenia

weakness

avuls/i-

to tear

brach/i-

arm

brachy-

short

burs/o-

sac, wine sac, pouch

calcin/o-

calcium

calx-

heel or lime

caput

head

carcin/o-

crab-like

carp/o-

wrist

celi/o-

abdomen or belly

cerv/i-

neck

chondr/o-

cartilage

clavicul/o-

collarbone

cleido-

clavicle or collarbone

clino-

bent

coccyg/o-

tailbone

condylo-

knuckle

crani/o-

skull

cruc/i-

cross or cross-like

cub/o-

cube or cube-shaped

cubit/o-

elbow

dactylo-

digits (fingers and toes)

delta

fan-shaped or triangular

digit-

finger or toe

facet/o-

face

fasc/i-

band

femor/o-

thigh

fibrill/o-

to quiver

fibro-

fiber

fibul/o-

to clasp

fil-

thread

fore-

before

fract/o-

to break

genu-

knee

hallux

great or big toe

humer/o-

arm (upper)

-icle

small or tiny

infra-

under or below

ischi/o-

hip joint or hip

kine-

movement or motion

kyph/o-

hunchback

lamin/o-

thin, flat plate or thin layer

lei/o-

smooth

levat/o-

lift up

liga-

to bind

-listhesis

slippage

lord/o-

swayback or to bend

lumb/o-

loin

luna-

crescent-shaped or moon

lux-

to dislocate

malac/o-

soft or softening

mall/e/olus

little hammer

man/o-

hand

mand/i-

chew or chewer

maxill/o-

upper jaw

menisc/o-

crescent

-motor

movement or motion

my/o-

muscle

navicul/o-

boat or boat-shaped

oblique

sidelong or slanted

occult/o-

hidden

-oma

tumor or swelling

omo-

shoulder

oste/o-

bone

pariet/o-

wall or partition

patell/o-

little dish or kneecap

pect/o-

chest

ped-

foot or feet

pelvi/o-

base, basin, pelvis

periton/e-

that which holds the lower viscera

peroneo-

pin or concerning the lower outside leg bone

pes

foot

phalang/o-

close-knit row (fingers and toes)

phoc/o-

seal

phrag/o-

wall or partition

-physis

growth or nature of

pollex-

thumb

por/o-

cavity or passage (porous)

psoas

loin or lumbar

pulp/o-

solid flesh

rhachi/o-

jointed vertebrae, spine, spinal column

rheumat/o-

discharge or flow through

rhomb/o-

parallelogram or diamond-shaped

Ricketts/ia

bacteria discovered by Howard Ricketts/refers to

rotat/o-

to turn or swing around

sacr/o-

saucer or sacred bone

sarc/o-

fleshy

scapul/o-

shoulder blade

scoli/o-

crooked or twisted

skelet/o-

dried up or to attach

sole-

the sole of the foot

spad/i-

to tear

-spasm

involuntary contraction