Prefixes/Suffixes
Word Roots
Anatomy & Physiology
Abbreviations
Terminology
100
-logy
What is 'the study of'?
100
Femur/thighbone
What is femur/o?
100
Tibia
What is the shin bone?
100
L
What is lumbar?
100
Medical specialty focused on development, preservation, restoration, and function of the musculoskeletal system.
What is orthopedics?
200
-oma
What is a tumor?
200
Neck
What is cervic/o?
200
Shaft of a long bone
What is diaphysis?
200
Fracture
What is Fx?
200
Examination of the interior of a joint
What is arthroscopy?
300
-porosis?
What is porous?
300
Joint
What is arthr/o?
300
Calcaneus
What is the medical term for the heel bone?
300
CT
What is computed tomography?
300
A medication used to relieve pain
What is analgesics?
400
-algia
What is pain?
400
Arm
What is brachi/o?
400
The membrane that surrounds the outside of the bone
What is the periosteum?
400
Lower extremity
What is LE?
400
Softening of bones
What is osteomalacia?
500
amphi-
What is 'both sides'?
500
Vertebrae
What is spondyl/o?
500
Bony, daggerlike structure at the lower end of the sternum
What is the xiphoid process?
500
Total knee replacement
What is TKR?
500
Humpback; a anterior concave curvature of the thoracic and sacral portions of the spine
What is kyphosis?