Med Terms- Musculoskeletal system
Terms
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- -asthenia
- weakness
-
-clasia, -clasis, -clast
- break
- -desis
-
surgical fixation, fusion
- -physis
- growth
- -schisis
-
split, fissure
- ankyl/o
-
crooked, stiff, bent
- aponeur/o
- aponeurosis
- arthr/o
- joint
- burs/o
-
bursa (cavity)
- carp/o
-
carpals (wrist bones)
- chondr/o
- cartilage
-
clavic/o, clavicul/o
- clavicle (collar bone)
- cost/o
- rib
- crani/o
-
cranium (skull)
- disk/o
- intervertebral disk
- femor/o
-
femur (upper leg bone)
- fibul/o
-
fibula (lower leg bone)
- humer/o
-
humerus (upper arm bone)
- ili/o
- ilium
- inter-
- between
- ischi/o
- ischium
- kinesi/o
-
movement, motion
- kyph/o
- hump
- lamin/o
-
lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)
- lord/o
-
bent forward
- lumb/o
-
loin, lumbar region of the spine
- mandibul/o
-
mandible (lower jaw bone)
- maxill/o
-
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
- menisc/o
-
meniscus (crescent)
-
my/o, myos/o
- muscle
- myel/o
-
bone marrow
- oste/o
- bone
- patell/o
-
patella (kneecap)
-
pelvi/i, pelv/o
-
pelvis, pelvic bone
- petr/o
- stone
- phalang/o
-
phalanges (finger or toe bones)
- pub/o
- pubis
- rachi/o
-
spine, vertebral column
- radi/o
-
radius (lower arm bone)
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- scapul/o
-
scapula (shoulder blade)
- scoli/o
-
crooked, curved
-
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
- vertebra
- stern/o
-
sternum (breast bone)
- supra-
- above
-
sym-, syn-
-
together, joined
- synovi/o
-
synovia, synovial membrane
- tars/o
-
tarsals (ankle bone)
-
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
- tendon
- tibi/o
-
tibia (lower leg bone)
- uln/o
-
ulna (lower arm bone)