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Skeletal System
Skeletal System
Learning Objectives
- Identify the anatomy of the skeletal system and describe the main functions of the skeletal system
- Analyze, translate, and define medical terms and common abbreviations of the skeletal system
- Practice the spelling and pronunciation of skeletal system terminology
- Identify the medical specialties associated with the skeletal system and explore common diseases, disorders, and procedures
Key Word Components
Identify meanings of key word components of the skeletal system:
Prefixes
- a- (absence of, without)
- ab- (away from)
- ad- (towards)
- brady- (slow)
- dys- (painful, difficult, abnormal, labored)
- hyper- (above, excessive)
- inter- (between)
- intra- (within, in)
- poly- (many, much)
- sub- (below, under)
- supra- (above)
- sym- (together, joined)
- syn- (together, joined)
Combining Forms
- ankyl/o (stiff, bent)
- aponeur/o (aponeurosis)
- arthr/o (joint)
- burs/o (bursa)
- carp/o (carpals, wrist)
- chondr/o (cartilage)
- clavic/o (clavicle, collarbone)
- clavicul/o (clavicle, collarbone)
- cost/o (ribs)
- crani/o (cranium)
- disk/o (intervertebral disk)
- femor/o (femur, upper leg bone)
- fibul/o (fibula, lower leg bone)
- humer/o (humerus, upper arm bone)
- ili/o (ilium)
- ischi/o (ischium)
- kinesi/o (movement, motion)
- kyph/o (increased convexity of the spine)
- lord/o (bent forward, increased concavity of the spine)
- lumb/o (loin, lumbar region of the spine)
- mandibul/o (mandible, lower jaw bone)
- maxill/o (maxilla, upper jaw bone)
- menisc/o (meniscus, crescent)
- myel/o (marrow [bone], spinal cord)
- oste/o (bone)
- patell/o (patella, kneecap)
- pelv/i (pelvis, pelvic bone)
- pelv/o (pelvis, pelvic bone)
- petr/o (stone)
- phalang/o (phalanges, bones of finger and toes)
- pub/o (pubis)
- rachi/o (vertebral spine, vertebral column)
- radi/o (nerve root)
- scapul/o (scapula, shoulder blade)
- scoli/o (crooked, curved)
- spondyl/o (vertebra, spine, vertebral column)
- stern/o (sternum, breast bone)
- tars/o (tarsals, ankle bones)
- ten/o (tendon)
- tendin/o (tendon)
- tend/o (tendon)
- tibi/o (tibia, lower leg bone)
- uln/o (ulna, lower arm bone)
- vertebr/o (vertebra, spine, vertebral column)
Suffixes
- -al (pertaining to)
- -algia (pain)
- -ar (pertaining to)
- -asthenia (weakness)
- -centesis (surgical puncture to aspirate fluid)
- -clasia (break)
- -clasis (break)
- -clast (break)
- -desis (surgical fixation, fusion)
- -ectomy (excision, surgical removal, cutting out)
- -gram (the record, radiographic image)
- -graphy (process of recording, radiographic imaging)
- -ic (pertianing to)
- -itis (inflammation)
- -lysis (loosening, separating, dissolution)
- -malacia (softening)
- -oid (resembling)
- -oma (tumor)
- -osis (abnormal condition)
- -penia (abnormal reduction)
- -physis (growth)
- -plasty (surgical repair)
- -rrhaphy (suturing, repairing)
- -sarcoma (malignant tumour)
- -schisis (split, fissure)
- -scopy (process of viewing, visual examination)
- -tomy (incision, cut into)
- -trophy