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medical terminology
skeletal system root words
Term | Definition |
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arthor/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartilage |
clavicu/o | clavicle |
coccyg/o | coccyx/ tail bone |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
kyph/o | humpback |
lamin/o | lamina/ thing flat plate/ part of vertebral arch |
lord/o | swayback |
lumb/o | lower back |
metacarp/o | hand bones |
metatars/o | foot bones |
myel/o | bone marrow/ spinal cord |
my/o or myos/o or muscul/o | muscle |
oste/o | bone |
pelv/o | pelvis / hip bone |
rhin/o | nose |
sacr/o | sternum/ breastbone |
ten/o or tendin/o | tendon |
vertebr/o | vertebra |