Ch 10 Musculoskeletal System (Med Term)

From the Hips Down

100

femor/o

femur 

200

fibul/o, tibi/o

fibula, tibia

300

patell/o

patella

400

ili/o

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)

500

ischi/o

ischium (lower portion of hip bone)

From the Hips Up

100

humer/o

humerus 

200

cephal/o

head

300

clavicul/o

clavicle (collar bone) 

400

cervic/o

neck; cervix

500

Brachi/o

arm

brachial

Hands and Feet

100

phalang/o

Phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) 

200

carp/o

carpus (wrist bone)

300

ped/o, ped/i

foot

400

metacarp/o, metatars/o

metacarpals (hand bones)

metatarsals (foot bones) 

500

dactyl/o

fingers; toes

Random

100

cost/o

ribs

200

ankyl/o

stiffness; bent, crooked

300

Syn- 

union, joined, together

400

spondly/o

vertebrae (backbone)

500

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

Triple threat (All Or Nothing)

100

oste/o

bone

200

-asthenia, -clasia, -porosis

weakness, to break, porous

300

fasci/o, fibr/o, synov/o

band (fascia), fiber (fibrous tissue), synovial (membrane or fluid)

400

scoli/o, lord/o, kyph/o

scoliosis, lordosis, kyphosis

500

chondr/o, my/o, tendin/o

cartilage, muscle, tendon