Unit 5 Roots

Roots used in word building for Unit 5 (musculoskeletal system) are listed here.

Root Definition
agon main actor; driver
alges[ia] pain
ankylos stiff
appendix part attached to the end
arthr
arthro
joint
articul[us] joint
asthenia weakness
axi axis
blast a rapidly dividing cell
burs
bursa
purse; bag
carcin cancer
carp wrist
center middle of a round object
cephal pertaining to the head
cervic
cervico
neck
chondr
chondro
cartilage
circum around
clast breakdown
clonus violent shaking
condyle knob
cost
costo
rib
cranio head; skull
crepit[us] crackling noise
cyt cell
dactyl finger
duct to lead
effusion pouring out of
electro related to electricity
erg[on] energy
exten[d] moving away from
facet flat spot, like on a jewel
fasci
fascio
bundle of fibers
femor
femur
thigh
fissure deep crack
fixate remain in place
flex reducing the angle of a joint
foramen hole
fossa shallow groove
fracture broken bone
genu knee
glen[e] socket
gomph tooth
graph written record
hallux big toe
hemo
hemato
blood
hydr water
inflammation inflammation
kines
kinet
movement
kyphosis hunchback curve of spine
lacrim crying; tears
lamella thin plate
lemma thin layer surrounding a cell
lordosis swayback curve of spine
lumb
lumbo
lower back
luxation dislocation
meatus tube; passage
medull[a] marrow; center
membran[e] thin sheet
mere a part
metric measurement
musculo muscle
my
myo
myos
muscle
myel marrow
necro death
neuro nervous system
occipit[o] back of the head
olisthes slippage
ortho straight; at right angles; true
os
osse
ost
osteo
bone
pector[is] chest
pelvis hips; lower abdomen
phalanges fingers and toes
physis part of a bone
plasm something molded; plastic or dough
polariz[e] to go to one extreme or another
pollux thumb
por[e] hole
prone face down
pyre fever
sarc
sarco
muscle; flesh
scler hard
scoliosis lateral curvature of the spine
scop instrument for looking inside
skelet skeleton; bones collectively
spasm uncontrollable contraction
sphincter muscle surrounding an opening
spin
spina
spine
spine; vertebrae
spondyl
spondlyo
vertebrae
sprain injury to ligaments
sten abnormal narrowing
sterno
sternum
sternum; breastbone
strain injury to muscles or tendons
sulcus groove
supine face up
tars
tarso
tarsus
ankle
tax moving
tempor side of the head
ten
teno
tendo
tendin
tendon
tendon
thorac
thorax
chest
tibia bone of the lower extremity below the knee
tomo cutting
ton
tono
tone, strength
trochanter point on femur where large leg muscles attach
trochlea piece of bone that acts as a pulley
troph nourishment, growth
tuber potato-like raised area on bone
valgum knees closer than normal
varum knees farther apart than normal
vertebra bone of spinal column
zygoma yoke; joins bones of face to those of skull

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