Vocabulary

ankyl/o=crooked, bent, stiff

arthr/o=joint

chondr/o=cartilage

crani/o=skull

-desis=surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together

kyph/o=bent, hump

lord/o=curve, swayback bent

-lysis=breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

myel/o=spinal cord, bone marrow

oss/e, oss/I, oste/o=bone

-poiesis=formation, to make

scoli/o=curved,back

spondyl/o=vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

-um=singular noun ending

ligament/o=ligament

synvi/o=synovial membrane, synovial fluid

burs/o=bursa, sac of fluid near joint