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Body Organization
Musculoskeletal System
Wildcard
100

 The combining form for bone.

what is oste/o

100

Spell the term for inflammation of a joint.

What is arthritis?

100

This term refers to the basic structural unit of the body.

What is a cell?

100

The medical term for muscle pain.

What is myalgia?

100

The prefix meaning “within.”

What is endo-?

200

The prefix meaning “around.

What is peri-

200

Spell the term for softening of cartilage.

What is chondromalacia?

200

The system that supports and protects the body and allows movement.

What is the musculoskeletal system?

200

 The medical term for inflammation of a tendon.

What is tendinitis?

200

The suffix meaning “pain.”

What is -algia?

300

The suffix meaning “inflammation.”

What is -itis

300

Spell the term for abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.

What is scoliosis?

300

The term for the body’s front side.

What is anterior?

300

The medical term for porous bone condition.

What is osteoporosis?

300

The combining form for vertebra.

What is spondyl/o?

400

The combining form for cartilage.

What is chondr/o

400

Spell the term for inflammation of bone and bone marrow.

What is osteomyelitis?

400

The term for the body’s back side

What is posterior?

400

The medical term for fusion of a joint.

What is arthrodesis?

400

The combining form for rib.

What is cost/o?

500

The suffix meaning “surgical repair.”

What is -plasty

500

Spell the term for surgical opening of the skull.

What is craniotomy?

500

The term for dividing the body into right and left halves.

What is the sagittal plane?

500

The medical term for surgical repair of a joint.

What is arthroplasty?

500

The suffix meaning “condition.”

What is -osis?

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