Upper Body Root Words
This root word means skull.
What is crani/o?
scapul/o.
What is scapula/shoulder blade?
This root word means ulna/lower arm.
What is uln/o?
The meaning of the root word myel/o.
What is bone marrow?
This root word means patella/knee cap?
What is patell/o?
What is maxil/o?
The meaning of the root word spondy/o.
What is vertebrae?
This root word means elbow.
What is olecran/o?
The meaning of the root word arthr/o.
What is joint?
This root word means femur/thigh bone.
What is femor/o?
This root word means mandibular/lower jaw.
What is mandibul/o?
The meaning of the root word lumb/o.
What is lower back; loins?
This root word means elbow.
The meaning of the root word chondr/o.
What is cartilage?
This root word means child.
What is costo/o?
The meaning of the root word ili/o.
What is hip?
This root word means radius/lower arm.
What is radi/o?
The meaning of the root word synov/o.
What is synovial membrane?
This prefix means straight.
What is ortho-?
This root word means clavicle/collar bone.
What is clavicul/o?
The meaning of the root word coccyg/o.
What is coccyx; tailbone?
This root word means phalanx/bones of the fingers or toes.
What is phalanx/o?
The meaning of the root word oste/o.
What is bone?
This root word means flesh.
What is sarc/o?