ili/o - Answer flank, hip, groin, ilium of the pelvis
ischi/o - Answer haunch, hip, joint, ischium
menisc/o - Answer meniscus
muscul/o - Answer msucle
my/o, myos/o - Answer muscle
myel/o - Answer bone marrow
orth/o - Answer straight
ost/o, oste/o - Answer bone
pariet/o - Answer wall
patell/o - Answer patella
,ped/o - Answer child
petr/o - Answer stone
phalang/o - Answer phalanges
phys/o - Answer growth
pub/o - Answer pubis
radi/o - Answer radius
sacr/o - Answer sacred, sacrum
skelet/o - Answer skeleton
spondyl/o - Answer vertebra
stern/o - Answer chest, sternum
synov/o, synovi/o - Answer synovial
tars/o - Answer tarsal bone
ten/o, tendon/o - Answer stretch, tendon
vertebr/o - Answer vertebra
musculoskeletal system - Answer skeletal and muscular systems
tendons - Answer tough, dense bands of connective tissue that attach muscles to bone
muscle - Answer an organ that is composed mainly of skeletal muscle tissue and
connective tissue.
ligaments - Answer bands of dense connective tissue that extend from bone to bone to
stabilize and strengthen joints
orthopedic - Answer branch of medicine focusing on the diseases of the skeletal and
muscular systems
orthopedist - Answer specializes in orthopedics
a- - Answer without, absence of
,brady- - Answer slow
dys- - Answer bad, abnormal, painful, difficult
hyper- - Answer excessive, abnormally high, above
arthr/o - Answer joint
kinesi/o - Answer motion
my/o - Answer muscle
tax/o - Answer reaction to a stimulus
ten/o - Answer stretch, tendon
troph/o - Answer development
-a - Answer singular
-algia - Answer condition of pain
-dynia - Answer condition of pain
-ia - Answer condition of
-y - Answer process of
arthralgia - Answer condition of joint pain; often the first symptom of joint or bone
disease
ataxia - Answer the inability to coordinate muscles during a voluntary activity
atrophy - Answer reduced muscle size often due to lack of movement and muscle
strength
bradykinesia - Answer condition of slow motion; an abnormally slow movement, often a
sign of an underlying bone, muscle, or nervous disorder
decalcification - Answer the abnormal reduction of calcium in bone; often caused by a
hormonal disorder upsetting the calcium balance between the bloodstream and bone
dyskinesia - Answer condition of bad, abnormal, painful, or difficult motion; a common
sign of musculoskeletal disorder
, dystrophy - Answer process of bad, abnormal, painful, or difficult development; a
general symptom of progressive muscle weakness that is inherited
hypertophy - Answer the sign of excessive muscle growth or developement
myalgia - Answer condition of muscle pain; can be temporary or chronic
tenodynia - Answer a common symptom of "weekend athletes" usually indicated minor
injury to one or more tendons, often lasting weeks or months
epi- - Answer upon, over, above, on top
para- - Answer alongside, abnormal
poly- - Answer excessive, over, many
quadri- - Answer four
ankyl/o - Answer crooked
carcin/o - Answer cancer
kyph/o - Answer hump
leuk/o - Answer white
lith/o - Answer stone
lord/o - Answer bent forward
ost/o, oste/o - Answer bone
por/o - Answer hole
sarc/o - Answer flesh, meat
scoli/o - Answer curved
spondyl/o - Answer vertebra
-asthenia - Answer weakness
-cele - Answer hernia, swelling, protrusion
-emia - Answer condition of blood
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