Med Term Musculoskeletal System

Front 1

Ankyl/o

Back 1

Stiffness; bent, crooked

Front 2

Arthr/o

Back 2

Joint

Front 3

Kyph/o

Back 3

Humpback

Front 4

Lamin/o

Back 4

Lamina (part of vertebral arch)

Front 5

Lord/o

Back 5

Curve, swayback

Front 6

Myel/o

Back 6

Bone marrow, spinal cord

Front 7

Orth/o

Back 7

Straight

Front 8

Oste/o

Back 8

Bone

Front 9

Ped/o

Ped/i

Back 9

Foot; child

Front 10

Scoli/o

Back 10

Crooked, bent

Front 11

Thorac/o

Back 11

Chest

Front 12

Acromi/o

Back 12

Acromion (projection of scapula)

Front 13

Brachi/o

Back 13

Arm

Front 14

Calcane/o

Back 14

Calcaneum (heel bone)

Front 15

Carp/o

Back 15

Carpus (wrist bone)

Front 16

Cephal/o

Back 16

Head

Front 17

Cervic/o

Back 17

Neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

Front 18

Clavicul/o

Back 18

Clavicle (collar bone)

Front 19

Cost/o

Back 19

Ribs

Front 20

Crani/o

Back 20

Cranium (skull)

Front 21

Dactyl/o

Back 21

Fingers; toes

Front 22

Femor/o

Back 22

Femur (thigh bone)

Front 23

Fibul/o

Back 23

Fibula (smaller bone of lower leg)

Front 24

Humer/o

Back 24

Humerus (upper arm bone)

Front 25

Ili/o

Back 25

Ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)

Front 26

Ischi/o

Back 26

Ischium (lower portion of hip bone)

Front 27

Lumb/o

Back 27

Loins (lower back)

Front 28

Metacarp/o

Back 28

Metacarpus (hand bones)

Front 29

Metatars/o

Back 29

Metatarsus (foot bones)

Front 30

Patell/o

Back 30

Patella (knee cap)

Front 31

Pelv/i

Pelv/o

Back 31

Pelvis

Front 32

Phalang/o

Back 32

Phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes)

Front 33

Pod/o

Back 33

Foot

Front 34

Pub/o

Back 34

Pelvis bone (anterior part of pelvic bone)

Front 35

Radi/o

Back 35

Radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

Front 36

Spondyl/o

Vertebr/o

Back 36

Vertebrae (backbone)

Front 37

Stern/o

Back 37

Sternum (breastbone)

Front 38

Tibi/o

Back 38

Tibia (larger bone of lower leg)

Front 39

Leiomy/o

Back 39

Smooth muscle (visceral)

Front 40

Muscul/o

My/o

Back 40

Muscle

Front 41

Rhabd/o

Back 41

Rod-shaped (striated)

Front 42

Rhabdomy/o

Back 42

Rod-shaped (striated) muscle

Front 43

Chondr/o

Back 43

Cartilage

Front 44

Fasci/o

Back 44

Band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)

Front 45

Fibr/o

Back 45

Fiber, fibrous tissue

Front 46

Synov/o

Back 46

Synovial membrane, synovial fluid

Front 47

Ten/o

Tend/o

Tendin/o

Back 47

Tendon

Front 48

-asthenia

Back 48

Weakness, debility

Front 49

-blast

Back 49

Embryonic cell

Front 50

-clasia

Back 50

To break; surgical fracture

Front 51

-clast

Back 51

To break

Front 52

-desis

Back 52

Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

Front 53

-malacia

Back 53

Softening

Front 54

-physis

Back 54

Growth

Front 55

-porosis

Back 55

Porous

Front 56

-scopy

Back 56

Visual examination

Front 57

A-

Back 57

Without, not

Front 58

Dys-

Back 58

Bad; painful; difficult

Front 59

Sub-

Back 59

Under, below

Front 60

Supra-

Back 60

Above; excessive; superior

Front 61

Syn-

Back 61

Union, together, joined