| A | B |
|---|
| cranium | skull bone |
| clavicle | collar bone |
| humerus | upper arm bone |
| radius | lower arm bone on the thumb side |
| ulna | lower arm bone (little finger side) |
| carpals | wrist bones |
| metacarpals | hand bones |
| phalanges | finger bones |
| scapula | shoulder bone |
| sternum | breast bone |
| tarsals | ankle bones |
| metatarsals | foot bones |
| fibula | smaller of the lower leg bones |
| tibia | larger of the lower leg bones |
| patella | knee cap |
| sacrum | lower part of the backbone near the hip |
| coccyx | tailbone |
| pelvis | hipbone |
| femur | thigh bone |
| ribs | bones surrounding the chest cavity |
| crani/o | skull |
| arthr/o | joint |
| oste/o | bone |
| cost/o | rib |
| pelv/o | hipbone |
| my/o | muscle |
| ten/o | connects muscles to bones |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| spondyl/o | backbone |
| ligament/o | connects bones to other bones |
| intervertebral | pertaining to between the backbones |
| osteomyelitis | inflammation of bone and bone marrow |
| arthroscopy | visual examination of a joint |
| chondroma | benign tumor of cartilage tissue |
| myosarcoma | inflammation of catilage attached to ribs |
| craniotomy | incision of the skull |
| carpal tunnel syndrome | compression of the median nerve in the wrist |
| gouty arthritis | high levels of uric acid with inflammation of joints |
| osteoporosis | decrease in bone density with thining and weakening of bone |
| rheumatoid arthritis | chronic inflammation of joints, especially small bones in the hands and feet |
| laminectomy | surgical removal of a portion of a vertebra to allow visualisation and removal of aportion of a disk |
| microscopic disectomy | removal of a herniated disk using a tiny incision and an operating microscope |
| arthroplasty | surgical repair of a joint |
