Musculoskeletal system terms
| Oste/o | Bone | Osteitis, osteoma, osteocyte |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage | Chondritis, chondroma, chondrocyte |
| Arthr/o | Joint | Get, arthroplasty |
| Myel/o | Bone marrow | Myeloma |
| Ten/o, tendin/o | Strain (binds strong to bone) | Tendonitis, tenorrhaphy |
| Ligament/o | Ligament (binds bone to bone) | Ligamentous injury |
| Burs/o | Bursa, “bag”, (shock absorber between tendons and bones) | Bursitis |
| My/o, myos/o | Muscle | Myoma, myositis |
| -malacia | Softened | Osteomalacia, chondromalacia |
| -porosis | Highly | Osteoporosis |
| -asthenia | Weakness, loss of solidity | Myasthenia gravis |
| -trophy | Development, stimulation, maintenance | Degeneration (shriveling of muscles), hypertrophy (increase in size and strength of muscles) |
| -algia, algesia | Pain | Myalgia, arthralgia, analgesia (take move pain |
I have long since stopped defining what “-itis” means, instead “-oma.” Do i remember what “-plasty” means, or how around “-rrhaphy”? These word parts were introduced in previous modules. To program is all about building term roots, prefixes and suffixes into medical dictionary. The ultimate object a for you to be clever to figure out the meaning of new terms, or, at least, not be intimidated via looking it up in an medical dictionary.
