Musculoskeletal Root Terms

Question 1

ARTHRO

Answer 1

JOINT
ARTHRITIIS = JOINT INFLAMMATION

Question 2

CARPO

Answer 2

WRIST
CARPOPTOSIS = WRIST DROP

Question 3

CHRONDRO

Answer 3

CARTILAGE
CHRONDROMALACIA = CARTIILAGE, SOFT

Question 4

COSTA

Answer 4

RIB
INTERCOSTAL = BETWEEN THE RIBS

Question 5

CRANIO

Answer 5

SKULL
CRANIOTOMY = SKULL INCISIION

Question 6

DACTYL

Answer 6

FINGER/DIGIT
DACTYLITIS = FINGER INFLAMMATION

Question 7

ILI

Answer 7

HIP
ILIOSACRAL = ILIUM AND SACRUM
THE ILIUM IS THE LARGE BROAD BONE THAT FORMS THE UPPER PART OF THE PELVIS.
THE SACRUM IS THE TRIANGULAR BONE IN THE LOWER BACK FORMED FROM FUSED VERTEBRAE - SITUATED BETWEEN THE TWO HIPBONES OF THE PELVIS

Question 8

MANUS

Answer 8

HAND
MANICURE = HAND CARE
MANUAL = DONE BY HAND

Question 9

MYEL

Answer 9

BONE MARROW
MYELOMA = MARROW TUMOR

Question 10

MYO

Answer 10

MUSCLE
MYOEDEMA = MUSCLE SWELLING

Question 11

ORTHO

Answer 11

STRAIGHTEN
ORTHOPEDIC: CONCERNED WIUTH DEFORMITIES
ORTHODOX: “STRAIGHT AND NARROW”

Question 12

OSTEO

Answer 12

BONE
OSTEOPLAST = BONE SURGERY

Question 13

PEDI

Answer 13

FOOT
PEDICURE = FOOT CARE

Question 14

SPONDYL

Answer 14

VERTEBRAE
SPONDYLITIS = VERTEBRAE INFLAMMATION