ankyl/o
bent, crooked, stiff
arthr/o
joint
brachi/o
arm
calc/o
calcium
calcane/o
calcaneus (heel bone)
carp/o
carpal (wrist bones)
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
Cervical
neck
chondr/o
cartilage
cost/o
ribs
crani/o
cranium
cyt/o
cell
cyst/o
bladder…
sac, or vesicle
dist/o
far, farthest
encephala/o
brain
femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
fibul/o
fibula smaller bone of the lower leg
humer/o
humerus
Bone of the upper arm
ile/o
ilium aka hip bone
ischi/o
ischium - forms the lower and back of the hip bone or pelvis
lumb/o
loin, lower back
metacarp/o
metacarpal - the five long bones in the palm of the hand that connect the wrist to the fingers
metatars/o
metatarsals - five long bones in the midfoot
myel/o
bone marrow
myeloma cancer of plasmsa cells in bone marrow