From the Hips Down
femor/o
femur
humer/o
humerus
phalang/o
Phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes)
cost/o
ribs
oste/o
bone
fibul/o, tibi/o
fibula, tibia
cephal/o
head
carp/o
carpus (wrist bone)
ankyl/o
stiffness; bent, crooked
-asthenia, -clasia, -porosis
weakness, to break, porous
patell/o
patella
clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
ped/o, ped/i
foot
union, joined, together
fasci/o, fibr/o, synov/o
band (fascia), fiber (fibrous tissue), synovial (membrane or fluid)
ili/o
ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)
cervic/o
neck; cervix
metacarp/o, metatars/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
metatarsals (foot bones)
spondly/o
vertebrae (backbone)
scoli/o, lord/o, kyph/o
scoliosis, lordosis, kyphosis
ischi/o
ischium (lower portion of hip bone)
Brachi/o
arm
brachial
dactyl/o
fingers; toes
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
chondr/o, my/o, tendin/o
cartilage, muscle, tendon