Word Parts Chapter 14

Front 1

Carp/o

Back 1

Carpal (wrist)

Front 2

Clavic/o clavicul/o

Back 2

Clavicle (collarbone)

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

Ischi/o

Back 9

Ischium

Front 10

Lumb/o

Back 10

Loin, lumbar region of the spine

Front 11

Mandibul/o

Back 11

Mandible (lower Jaw bone)

Front 12

Maxill/o

Back 12

Maxilla (upper jaw bone)

Front 13

Patell/o

Back 13

Patella (kneecap)

Front 14

Pelv/i

Back 14

Pelvis, pelvic bone

Front 15

Pelv/o

Back 15

Pelvis, pelvic bone

Front 16

Phalang/o

Back 16

Phalanges (any bone of the fingers or toes)

Front 17

Pub/o

Back 17

Pubis

Front 18

Rachi/o

Back 18

Vertebra, spine, vertebral column

Front 19

Spondyl/o

Back 19

Vertebra, spine, vertebral column

Front 20

Vertebr/o

Back 20

Vertebra, spine, vertebral column

Front 21

Radi/o

Back 21

Radius (lower arm bone)

Front 22

Sacr/o

Back 22

Sacrum

Front 23

Scapul/o

Back 23

Scapula (shoulder blade)

Front 24

Stern/o

Back 24

Sternum (breastbone

Front 25

Tars/o

Back 25

Tarsals (ankle bones)

Front 26

Tibi/o

Back 26

Tibia (lower leg bone

Front 27

Uln/o

Back 27

Ulna (lower arm bone)

Front 28

Aponeur/o

Back 28

Aponeurosis

Front 29

Arthr/o

Back 29

Joint

Front 30

Burs/o

Back 30

Bursa (cavity)

Front 31

Chondr/o

Back 31

Cartilage

Front 32

Disk/o

Back 32

Intervertebral disk

Front 33

Menisc/o

Back 33

Meniscus (Cresent)

Front 34

Synovi/o

Back 34

Synovia, synovial membrane

Front 35

Ten/o tend/o tendin/o

Back 35

Tendon

Front 36

Ankyl/o

Back 36

Stiff, bent

Front 37

Kinesi/o

Back 37

Movement, motion

Front 38

Kyph/o

Back 38

Hump (increased convexity of the spine)

Front 39

Lamin/o

Back 39

Lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)

Front 40

Lord/o

Back 40

Bent forward (increased convexity of the spine)

Front 41

Lord/o

Back 41

Bent forward (increased convexity of the spine)

Front 42

My/o myos/o

Back 42

Muscle

Front 43

Myle/o

Back 43

Bone marrow

Front 44

Oste/o

Back 44

Bone

Front 45

Oste/o

Back 45

Bone

Front 46

Oste/o

Back 46

Bone

Front 47

Petr/o

Back 47

Stone

Front 48

Scoli/o

Back 48

Crooked, curved spine

Front 49

Petr/o

Back 49

Stone

Front 50

Inter-

Back 50

Between

Front 51

Inter-

Back 51

Between

Front 52

Inter-

Back 52

Between

Front 53

Supra-

Back 53

Above

Front 54

Sym-, syn-

Back 54

Together, joined

Front 55

-asthenia

Back 55

Weakness

Front 56

-clasia

Back 56

Break

Front 57

-clasis

Back 57

Break

Front 58

-clast

Back 58

Break

Front 59

-desis

Back 59

Surgical fixation, fusion

Front 60

-physis

Back 60

Growth

Front 61

-schisis

Back 61

Split, fissure

Front 62

Lord/o

Back 62

Bent forward (increased convexity of the spine)

Front 63

Oste/o

Back 63

Bone