Med Term Musculoskeletal System

Front 1

Carp/o

Back 1

Carpals (wrist bones)

Front 2

Clavic/o, Clacicul/o

Back 2

Clavicle (collar bone)

Front 3

Cost/o

Back 3

Rib

Front 4

Crani/o

Back 4

Cranium (skull)

Front 5

Femor/o

Back 5

Femur (upper leg bone)

Front 6

Fibul/o

Back 6

Fibula (lower leg bone) (perone/o is also a root word for fibula)

Front 7

Humer/o

Back 7

Humerus (upper arm bone)

Front 8

Ili/o

Back 8

Ilium

Front 9

Lumb/o

Back 9

Loin, lumbar region of the spine

Front 10

Mandibul/o

Back 10

Mandible (lower jaw bone)

Front 11

Maxill/o

Back 11

Mixilla (upper jaw bone)

Front 12

Patell/o

Back 12

Patella (knee cap)

Front 13

Pelv/i, Pelv/o

Back 13

Pelvis, pelvic bone

Front 14

Phalang/o

Back 14

Phalanges (fingers or toes)

Front 15

Pub/o

Back 15

Pubis

Front 16

Rachi/o

Back 16

Spine, Vertebral column

Front 17

Radi/o

Back 17

Radius (lower arm bone)

Front 18

Sacr/o

Back 18

Sacrum

Front 19

Scapul/o

Back 19

Scapula (shoulder blade)

Front 20

Spondyl/o, Vertebr/o

Back 20

Vertebra

Front 21

Stern/o

Back 21

Sternum (breast bone)

Front 22

Tars/o

Back 22

Tarsals (ankle bones)

Front 23

Tibi/o

Back 23

Tibia (lower leg bone)

Front 24

Uln/o

Back 24

Ulna (lower arm bone

Front 25

Aponeur/o

Back 25

Aponeurosis (cartilage)

Front 26

Arthr/o

Back 26

Joint

Front 27

Burs/o

Back 27

Bursa (cavity)

Front 28

Chrondr/o

Back 28

Cartilage

Front 29

Disk/o

Back 29

Intervertebral disk

Front 30

Menisc/o

Back 30

Meniscus (crescent)

Front 31

Synovi/o

Back 31

Synovia, synovial membrane

Front 32

Ten/o, Tend/o, Tendin/o

Back 32

Tendon

Front 33

Ankyl/o

Back 33

Crooked, stiff, bent

Front 34

Kinesi/o

Back 34

Movement, motion

Front 35

Kyph/o

Back 35

Hump

Front 36

Lamin/o

Back 36

Lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)

Front 37

Lord/o

Back 37

Bent forward

Front 38

Myel/o

Back 38

Bone marrow

Front 39

My/o, Myos/o

Back 39

Muscle

Front 40

Oste/o

Back 40

Bone

Front 41

Petr/o

Back 41

Stone

Front 42

Scoli/o

Back 42

Crooked, curved

Front 43

Inter-

Back 43

Between

Front 44

Supra-

Back 44

Above

Front 45

Sym-, Syn-

Back 45

Together, joined

Front 46

-asthenia

Back 46

Weakness

Front 47

-clasia, -clasis, -clast

Back 47

Break

Front 48

-desis

Back 48

Surgical fixation, fusion

Front 49

-physis

Back 49

Growth

Front 50

-Schisis

Back 50

Split, fissure

Front 51

Arthritis

Back 51

Inflammation of a joint

Front 52

Kyphosis

Back 52

Abnormal condition of a hump (humpback)

Front 53

Fibromyalgia

Back 53

Pain in the fibrous tissues and muscles

Front 54

Osteomalacia

Back 54

Softening of bones

Front 55

Rachischisis

Back 55

Fissure of the vertebral column

Front 56

Scoliosis

Back 56

Abnormal curve of the spine

Front 57

Tendinitis

Back 57

Inflammation of the tendon