chondr/o
cartilage
cost/o
rib
hemat/o
blood
lumb/o
loins,lowerback
myel/o
bone marrow
oste/o
bone
radi/o
radiation,x-rays, radius
sacr/o
sacrum
spodyl/o
vertebrae
stern/o
sternum
vertebr/o
vertebrae
-centesis
surgical puncture
clasia
to break, surgical fractures
clast
to break
desis
binding
poiesis
formations
porosis
porous
um
structure
ct
computed tomography (cat scan)
fx
fracture
ORTHO
orthopedics
RICE
rest, ice, compression, elevation
C1, C2, ….. C7
cervical vertebrae 1, cervical vertebrae 2
T1, T2 ….. T12
thoracic vertebrae 1, thoracic vertebrae 1