Musculoskeletal Terms

Front 1

Calc/o, calci/o

Back 1

Calcium

Front 2

Kyph/o

Back 2

Humpback, hunchback -posterior curvature in the thoracic region

Front 3

Lamin/o

Back 3

Lamina part of the vertebral arch

Front 4

Lord/o

Back 4

Curve, swayback anterior curvature in the lumbar region

Front 5

Lumb/o

Back 5

Loins, lower back

Front 6

Myel/o

Back 6

Bone marrow

Front 7

Orth/o

Back 7

Straight

Front 8

Oste/o

Back 8

Bone

Front 9

Scoli/o

Back 9

Crooked, bent lateral curvature

Front 10

Spondyl/o

Back 10

Vertebra

Front 11

Vertebr/o

Back 11

Used to describe vertebra structure not used to make words about conditions of the structure itself

Front 12

-blast

Back 12

Embryonic or immature cell

Front 13

-clast

Back 13

To break

Front 14

-listhesis

Back 14

Slipping

Front 15

-malacia

Back 15

Softening

Front 16

-physis

Back 16

To grow

Front 17

-porosis

Back 17

Pore, passage

Front 18

-tome

Back 18

Instrument to cut

Front 19

Acetabul:o

Back 19

Acetabulum /hip socket

Front 20

Calcane/o

Back 20

Calcaneus ( heel)

Front 21

Carp/o

Back 21

Carpals

Front 22

Calvicul/o

Back 22

Clavicle

Front 23

Cost/o

Back 23

Ribs

Front 24

Crani/o

Back 24

Cranium ( skull)

Front 25

Femor/o

Back 25

Femur

Front 26

Fibul/o

Back 26

Fibula

Front 27

Humer/o

Back 27

Humerus

Front 28

Ili/o

Back 28

Ilium

Front 29

Ischi/o

Back 29

Ischium

Front 30

Malleol/o

Back 30

Malleolus process on each side of the ankle

Front 31

Mandibul/o

Back 31

Mandible

Front 32

Maxill/o

Back 32

Maxilla

Front 33

Metacarp/o

Back 33

Metacarpals

Front 34

Metatars/o

Back 34

Metatarsals

Front 35

Olecran/o

Back 35

Olecranon

Front 36

Patell/o

Back 36

Patella

Front 37

Pelv/i

Back 37

Pelvis/hipbone

Front 38

Perone:o

Back 38

Fibula

Front 39

Phalang/o

Back 39

Phalanges

Front 40

Pub/o

Back 40

Pubis- anterior part of the pelvic bone

Front 41

Radi/o

Back 41

Radius

Front 42

Scapul/o

Back 42

Scapula

Front 43

Stern/o

Back 43

Sternum

Front 44

Tars/o

Back 44

Tarsals

Front 45

Tibi:o

Back 45

Tibia

Front 46

Uln/o

Back 46

Ulna

Front 47

De-

Back 47

Less or lack of

Front 48

De-

Back 48

Less or lack of

Front 49

-fication

Back 49

Process of making

Front 50

-poiesis

Back 50

Formation

Front 51

-osis

Back 51

Condition

Front 52

Fasci/o

Back 52

Fascia ( forms sheaths enveloping muscle)

Front 53

Fasci/o

Back 53

Fascia ( forms sheaths enveloping muscle)

Front 54

Fibr/o

Back 54

Fibrous connective tissues

Front 55

Fasci/o

Back 55

Fascia ( forms sheaths enveloping muscle)

Front 56

Fibr/o

Back 56

Fibrous connective tissues

Front 57

Leiomy/o

Back 57

Smooth( visceral) muscle that lines the walls of the internal organs

Front 58

Fasci/o

Back 58

Fascia ( forms sheaths enveloping muscle)

Front 59

Fibr/o

Back 59

Fibrous connective tissues

Front 60

Leiomy/o

Back 60

Smooth( visceral) muscle that lines the walls of the internal organs

Front 61

My/o

Back 61

Muscle

Front 62

Myocardi/o

Back 62

Heart muscle

Front 63

Myos/o

Back 63

Muscle

Front 64

Myos/o

Back 64

Muscle

Front 65

Plant/o

Back 65

Sole of the foot

Front 66

Rhabdomy/o

Back 66

Skeletal striated muscle connected to bones

Front 67

Rhabdomy/o

Back 67

Skeletal striated muscle connected to bones

Front 68

Sarc/o

Back 68

Muscle and flesh

Front 69

-asthenia

Back 69

Lack of strength

Front 70

-asthenia

Back 70

Lack of strength

Front 71

-trophy

Back 71

Development, nourishment

Front 72

-asthenia

Back 72

Lack of strength

Front 73

-trophy

Back 73

Development, nourishment

Front 74

Ab-

Back 74

Away from

Front 75

-asthenia

Back 75

Lack of strength

Front 76

-trophy

Back 76

Development, nourishment

Front 77

Ab-

Back 77

Away from

Front 78

Ad-

Back 78

Towards

Front 79

-asthenia

Back 79

Lack of strength

Front 80

-trophy

Back 80

Development, nourishment

Front 81

Ab-

Back 81

Away from

Front 82

Ad-

Back 82

Towards

Front 83

Dorsi-

Back 83

Back

Front 84

-asthenia

Back 84

Lack of strength

Front 85

-trophy

Back 85

Development, nourishment

Front 86

Ab-

Back 86

Away from

Front 87

Ad-

Back 87

Towards

Front 88

Dorsi-

Back 88

Back

Front 89

Poly-

Back 89

Many much