Medical Terminology: Musculoskeletal System
Terms
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- acromi/o
- acromion
-
arthr/o
L* articul/- - joint
- astragal/o
- astragalus, ie ankle bone
- burs/o
- bursa
- calcane/o
- calcaneus, ie. heel bone
- carp/o
- carpus, ie., wrist bone, wrist
- chondr/o
- cartilage
- cleid/o
- clavicle, ie. collarbone
- coccyg/o
- coccyx, ie tail bone
- condyl/o
- condyle, ie., knuckle
- cost/o
- rib
- crani/o
- cranium, ie., skull
-
desm/o
syndesm/o - ligament
- fasci/-
- fascia
- femor/o
- femur
- -phylactic
- pertaining to protection
- cox/o
- hip
- cubit/o
- elbow
-
cartilag/o
cartilagin/o - cartilage
- ligament/-
- ligament
- mastoid/o
- mastoid bone
- muscul/-
- muscle
- skelet/o
- skeleton
- rhabd/o
- rod
- rhabdomy/o
- skeletal muscle
-
oste/o
osse/o
oss/o - bone
- fibul/o
- fibula
- humer/o
- humerus
- ili/o
- ilium
- ischi/o
- ischium
- lamin/o
- thin plate, layer, lamina
- mal/-
- cheek bone, cheek
-
my/o
myos/o - muscle
- oste/o
- bone
- patell/o
- patella, ie., knee cap
- L* pelvi/-
- pelvis
- perine/o
- perineum (pelvic floor)
- phalang/o
-
phalanx, ie bone of hte finger or toe
phalanges, ie bones of hte finger or toe -
pub/-
pubi/- - pubis
-
rachi/o
rrhaci/o (does not go first in a term) - spine
- radi/-
- radius
- sacr/-
- sacrum
- scapul/o
- scapula, ie., shoulder blade
- sphen/o
- sphenoid bone, wedge
- spondyl/o
- vertebra, vertebrae
- stern/o
- sternum
- tal/o
- talus, ie., the ankle bone (highest of 7 ankle bones)
- tars/o
- tarsus, ie., ankle bone
-
ten/o
tenen/o
tenont/o
tend/o
tendin/o - tendon
- tibi/-
- tibia
- uln/-
- ulna
-
hect/o
cent/- - one hundred, one hundredth (latin)
- hol/o
- whole, entire
-
kil/o
mill/- - one thousand
- mer/o
- part, segment
- olig/o
- few (in number), scanty (therefore: less than normal)
- pant/o
- all
-
poly/
mult/-
plur/- - many, frequent
- myri/a
- ten thousand, countless
- -agr/a
- sudden and severe pain
- -alges/ia
- sense of pain, excessive sense of pain
- -a/sthen/ia
- absence of strength
- -fer/ous
- bearing, containing
- -paresis
- slight paralysis
- -phylaxis
- protection
- -piesis
- pressure
- -sthen/ia
- strength
- -troph/y
- nutrition
- aphylaxis
- absence of protection
- acromioclavicular
- pertaining to the acromion and the clavicle
- carpophalangeal
- pertaining to the wrist and the phalanges
- chondrodystrophic
- pertaining to the faulty nutrition of the cartilage
- craniocele
- protrsuion of (something through) the skull
- desmorrhexis
- rupture of the ligament
- holorachischisis
- complete splitting of the spine
- hypopiesis
- less than normal pressure
- meroacrania
- absence of part of the skull
- myasthenia
- lack of strength of the muscles, muscular weakness
- oligodispia
- scanty thirst, ie., abnormal lack of thirst
- omagra
- sudden and severe pain in the shoulder