| A | B |
|---|
| Flexion | Decreases the angle of a joint |
| Extension | Increases the angle of a joint |
| Adduction | Moves closer to the midline |
| Abduction | Moves away from the midline |
| Pronation | Turns the palm down |
| Supination | Turns the palm up |
| Dorsiflexion | Elevates the foot |
| Plantar flexion | Lowers the foot (point the toes) |
| Rotation | Moves a bone around its longitudinal axis |
| brachi/o | arm |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bones) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium |
| dactyl/o | digit |
| humer/o | humerus |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (bones of the hand) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
| rachi/o | spine |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum |
| thorac/o | chest |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller, outer bone of lower leg) |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral flaring portion of hip bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
| lumb/o | loins |
| patell/o | patella |
| ped/i | foot |
| pod/o | foot |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pub/o | pelvic bone |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger, inner bone of lower leg) |
| arthr/o | joint |
| acromi/o | acromion |
| ankyl/o | stiffness, ben, crooked |
| condyl/o | condyle |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped muscle (striated) |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
