Word roots, Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
(51 cards)
1
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ankyl/o
A
crooked, stiff, bent
2
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aponeur/o
A
aponeurosis
3
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arthr/o
A
joint
4
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burs/o
A
bursa (cavity)
5
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carp/o
A
carpals (wrist bones)
6
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
7
Q
clasia, clasis, clast
A
break
8
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clavic/o, clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collarbone)
9
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cost/o
A
rib
10
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
11
Q
desis
A
surgical fixation, fusion
12
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disk/o
A
intervertebral disk
13
Q
femor/o
A
femur (upper leg bone)
14
Q
fibul/o
A
fibular (lower leg bone)
15
Q
humer/o
A
humerus (upper arm bone)
16
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ili/o
A
ilium
17
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inter
A
between
18
Q
ischi/o
A
ischium
19
Q
kinesi/o
A
movement, motion
20
Q
kyph/o
A
hump
21
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)
22
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lord/o
A
bent forward
23
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lumb/o
A
loin, lumbar region of the spine
24
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mandibul/o
A
mandible (lower jawbone)
25
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jawbone)
26
menisc/o
meniscus (crescent)
27
my/o, myos/o
muscle
28
myel/o
bone marrow
29
oste/o
bone
30
patell/o
patella (kneecap)
31
pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvis, pelvic bone
32
petr/o
stone
33
phalang/o
phalanges (finger or toe bones)
34
physis
growth
35
pub/o
pubis
36
rachi/o
spine, vertebral column
37
radi/o
radius (lower arm bone)
38
sacr/o
sacrum
39
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
40
schisis
split, fissure
41
scoli/o
crooked, curved
42
spondyl/o
vertebra
43
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
44
supra
above
45
sym, syn
together, joined
46
synovi/o
synovia, synovial membrane
47
tars/o
tarsals (ankle bones)
48
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
49
tibi/o
tibia (lower leg bone)
50
uln/o
ulna (lower arm bone)
51
vertebr/o
vertebra
