Health Science
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- ankyl/o
- crooked, bent, stiff
- arthro
- joint
- chondro
- cartilage
- costo
- rib
- calco
- calcium
- calcaneo
- calcaneus, heel bone
- carpo
- wrist bones
- cephalo
- head
- cervico
- neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
- cranio
- skull
- -desis
- surgical fixation of bone or joint
- encephalo
- brain
- femor/o
- femur, thigh bone
- fibul/o
- fibula
- humer/o
- humerus (upper arm bone)
- lysis
- breakdown, seperation, setting free
- lumb/o
- lowerback
- metacarp/o
- metacarpais, bones of the hands
- myel/o
- spinal cord, bone marrow
- oss/o, ost/o, oste/o
- bone
- patell/o
- patella, kneecap
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- scoli/o
- curved, bent
- spondyl/o
- vertebrae, backbone
- stern/o
- the breast bone, sternum
- synovi/o, synov/o
- synovial membrane, synovial fluid
- tend/o
- stretchout, extend, strain
- tibi/o
- tibia (shin bone)
- -um
- singular noun ending
- vertebr/o
- backbone, vertebra