A | B |
calc/o | calcium |
calci/o | calcium |
kyph/o | humpback; hunchback |
lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
lord/o | curve; swayback |
lumb/o | loins; lower back |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
scoli/o | crooked; bent (lateral curve) |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
calcane/o | calcaneus (heel) |
carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
cost/o | ribs (true ribs, false ribs, floating ribs) |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
ili/o | ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone) |
ischi/o | ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone) |
malleol/o | malleolus (process on each side of the ankle) |
mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
pelv/i | pelvis (hipbone) |
perone/o | fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
phalang/o | phalanges (fingers and/or toe bones) |
pub/o | pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
radi/o | radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side) |
scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
tars/o | tarsals (bones of the hind foot) |
tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
uln/o | ulna ( lower arm bone on the little finger side) |
-algia | pain |
-blast | embryonic or immature cell |
-listhesis | slipping |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | to grow |
-porosis | pore; passage |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision; process of cutting |
-desis | to bind; tie together |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
acr/o | extremity |
om/o | shoulder |
chir/o | hand |
-clast | to break |
-stenosis | narrowing; tightening; stricture |
-trophy | nourishment; development (condition of) |