Chapter 3 Skeletal System Word Parts

acr/o-

extremeties

ankyl/o-

crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

arthr/o-

joint

brachi/o-

arm

burs/o-

bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

carp/o-

wrist

cervic/o-

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

chir/o-

hand

chondr/o-

cartilage

cost/o-

rib

crani/o-

skull

kyph/o-

humpback

lord/o-

curve; swayback

lumb/o-

lumbar region; loin

lux/o-

slide

myel/o-

bone marrow; spinal cord

narc/o-

numbness; sleep; stupor

orth/o-

straight

oste/o-

bone

ped/o-

foot; child

pod/o-

foot

pyret/o-

fever

rachi/o-

spine; vertebra (starting with r)

rheumat/o-

watery flow

sacr/o-

sacrum

sarc/o-

flesh; connective tissue

scoli/o-

crooked; bent

spondyl/o-

vertebra; backbone (starting with s)

ster/o-

solid structure; steroid

synovi/o-

lubricating fluid of joints

tars/o-

ankle

ten/o-; tendin/o-; tendon/o-

tendon (3 prefixes)

-ation

process; condition

-desis

to bind; tie together

-oid

like; resembling

-oma

tumor; mass

-penia

deficiency

-porosis

abnormal condition of small holes

-listhesis

slipping

radicul/o-

root or nerve

attending physician

ATT PHYS

blood pressure

BP

closed reduction and internal fixation

CRIF

computerized tomography

CT

cardiovascular

CV

degenerative joint disease

DJD

gastrointestinal

GI

left

L

lower back pain

LBP

lumbosacral

LS

lumbar vertebra 5 to sacral vertebra 1

L5-S1

milligrams

mg

magnetic resonance imaging

MRI

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

NSAID

open reduction and internal fixation

ORIF

by mouth (from the Lation per os)

PO, p.o.

patient

Pt, pt.

every four hours (from the Latin quaque quarta hora)

Q4H

right

R

rhuematoid arthritis

RA

rheumatoid factor

RF

years old; year-old

y/o