Musculoskeletal system: upper extremities
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- crani/o
- skull bones, cranium ex. crani/o/malacia softening of the skull bones
- cervic/o
- neck ex. cervic/al/facial face and neck
- lamin/o
- lamina(part of vertebral arch) ex. lamin/ectomy the excision of the lamina(part of vertebral arch)
- vertebr/o (used to make words that describe the structure)
- vertebrae(backbone) ex. cost/o/vertebr/al ribs and vertebrae(the backbone)
- spondyl/o (used to make words about the condition of the structure)
- vertebrae(backbone) ex. spondyl/itis inflammation of the vertebrae(backbone)
- rachi/o rach/o
- vertebrae (spinal column) ex. rach/itis inflammation of the vertebrae(spinal column)
- thorac/o
- chest ex. thoraco/dynia pain in the chest
- cost/o
- ribs ex. cost/ectomy ribs excision
- stern/o
- sternum, breastbone ex. sub/stern/al under the sternum,breastbone(-al is an adjective ending)
- arthr/o
- joint ex. arthr/o/desis binding, stabilization of the joint
- humer/o
- humerus ex. humer/o/uln/ar pertaining to the ulna and humerus
- brachi/o
- arm ex. brachi/o/cephal/ic pertaining to the head and arm
- carp/o
- wrist, carpus ex. carp/al pertaining to the wrist, carpus.
- metacarp/o
- metacarpus(bones of the hand) ex. metacarp/ectomy the excision of the metacarp(bones of the hand)
- phalang/o
- phalanges(bones of fingers and toes) ex. phalang/eal relating to phalanges(bones of the fingers and toes)
- dactyl/o
- digit (a finger or a toe) ex. syn/dactyl/ism the condition of joined together digit(finger or toe)