kyph/o

humpback

lumb/o

loin, lower back

lord/o

curve, sway back

myel/o

bone marrow

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

scoli/o

crooked, bent

spondyl/o

vertebra

vertebr/o

vertebra

-blast

embryonic or immature cell

-clast

to break

-listhesis

slipping

-malacia

softening

-physis

to grow

cost/o

ribs

femor/o

femur

fibul/o

fibula

fasci/o

fascia

my/o, myos/o

muscle

patell/o

patella

pelv/i

pelvis

pub/o

pubis

rad/i

radius

fibr/o

fibrous connective tissue

ankyl/o

stiff

arthr/o, articul/o

joint

-trophy

development, nourishment

burs/o

bursa

chondr/o

cartilage

-asthenia

lack of strenght

rheumat/o

watery flow

synov/o

synovial membrane

ten/o, tendin/o

tendon

-desis

to bind, tie together

-stenosis

narrowing