| A | B |
|---|
| brachi/o | arm |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bones) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| dactyl/o | digit (a finger or toe) |
| humer/o | humerus |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (bones of the hand) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
| rachi/o | spine |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (conditions of structure) |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (describe the structure) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| thorac/o | chest |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| femor/o | fumur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fubula (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 (kneecap) |
| ped/i or pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pevic bone (anterior) |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger inner bone of lower leg) |
| arthr/o | joint |
| acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
| ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
| condyl/o | condyle (rounded protuberance at end of bone forming and articulation) |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| my/o | muscle |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
| ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendon |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -clasis | break, refracture |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| --malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -porosis | porous |
| -schisis | a splitting |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| epi- | above, upon |
| sub- | under, below |
