Ch 5 - Musculoskeletal Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes Flashcards
(60 cards)
1
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiff; mobile
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
articul/o
A
joint
4
Q
burs/o
A
bursa
5
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
6
Q
carp/o
A
wrist bones
7
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
8
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle; collarbone
9
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx; tailbone
10
Q
cost/o
A
rib
11
Q
crani/o
A
skull
12
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
13
Q
fasci/o
A
band of fibrous tissue
14
Q
femor/o
A
femur; thighbone
15
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
16
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula; outer leg bone
17
Q
humer/o
A
humerus; upper arm bone
18
Q
ili/o
A
ilium; pelvic bone, upper section
19
Q
ischi/o
A
ischium; pelvic bone, lower section
20
Q
kyph/o
A
outward curvature of the spine; pertaining to a hump
21
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina
22
Q
ligament/o
A
ligament
23
Q
lord/o
A
forward curvature of the spine; swayback
24
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible; lower jawbone
25
maxill/o
maxilla; upper jawbone
26
metacarp/o
hand bones
27
metatars/o
foot bones
28
myel/o
bone marrow
29
my/o
muscle
30
orth/o
straight
31
oste/o
bone
32
patell/o
patella; knecap
33
pect/o; pector/o
chest
34
ped/o
foot
35
pelv/i
pelvis
36
phalang/o
finger and toe bones
37
pubi/o; pub/o
pubis; pelvic bone, anterior section
38
radi/o
radius; outer lower arm bone
39
sacr/o
sacrum
40
scapul/o
scapula; shoulder blade
41
scoli/o
lateral curvature of the spine; crooked; bent
42
spondyl/o
vertebra
43
stern/o
sternum; breastbone
44
tars/o
ankle bones
45
ten/o; tendin/o
tendon
46
vertebr/o
vertebra
47
brady-
slow
48
dys-
abnormal; difficult
49
intra-
within
50
poly-
many
51
sub-
below; under
52
supra-
above
53
-algia
pain
54
-asthenia
without feeling or sensation
55
-dynia
pain
56
-kinesia
movement
57
lysis
destruction, breakdown
58
-oma
tumor
59
-tonia
muscle tone
60
-trophy
growth; development
