Identify & Define
Identify and define the prefix in each word.
Prefix Meaning of Prefix
1. dislocation ____ ________________
2. percutaneous ____ ________________
3. exostosis ____ ________________
4. hypokinesis ____ ________________
Identify and define the root in each word.
Root Word Meaning of Root Word
1. prosthetics ____ ________________
2. chondroma ____ ________________
3. ankylosing spondylitis ____ ________________
____ ________________
4. lordosis ____ ________________
5. laminectomy ____ ________________
6. eversion ____ ________________
7. rotation ____ ________________
8. myalgia ____ ________________
Identify and define the suffix in each word.
Suffix Meaning of Suffix
1. anthralgia ____ ________________
2. chondromalacia ____ ________________
3. polymyositis ____ ________________
4. myorrhaphy ____ ________________
Word Analysis
Define each of the following words, and give the meaning of the word parts in each. (You may
use a dictionary if needed, since we are just beginning).
1. Orthopedics
a. Orth/o ________________
b. Ped/o ________________
c. -ics ________________
d. Definition: ________________
2. Chiropractor (this one is not in your book, but I think it’s relevant, so try your best!)
a. chir/o ________________
b. -pract ________________
c. -or ________________
d. Definition: ________________
3. Periosteum
a. Peri- ________________
b. oste/o ________________
c. -um ________________
d. Definition: ________________
4. Osteomyelitis
a. Oste/o ________________
b. Myel/o ________________
c. -itis ________________
d. Definition: ________________
5. Kyphosis
a. Kyph/o ________________
b. -osis ________________
c. Definition: ________________
6. Cranial
a. Crani/o ________________
b. -al ________________
c. Definition: ________________
7. Metacarpophalangeal
a. -meta ________________
b. Carp/o ________________
c. Phalang/o ________________
d. -al ________________
e. Definition: ________________
Word Building
Write words for the following definitions using the word parts provided. A combining vowel is
included. Each word part can be used more than once.
spondy/o -plasty arthr/o -lysis
-odynia oste/o -tome
1. Pain in the joint ________________
2. Destruction of a vertebra ________________
3. Pain in a vertebra ________________
4. Loosening or separation of a joint ________________
5. Instrument for cutting bone tissue ________________
6. Plastic repair of a joint ________________
7. Pain in a bone ________________
8. Instrument for incising a joint ________________
9. Plastic repair of a bone ________________
-ia ten/o alg/o -al fasci/o
-itis -desis -blast -lysis my/o
1. Inflammation of fascia ________________
2. Binding of tendon ________________
3. Pain in a tendon ________________
4. Destruction of a muscle tissue ________________
5. Binding of a fascia ________________
6. An immature muscle cell ________________
7. Separation of a tendon ________________
8. Pertaining to fascia ________________
9. Pain in a muscle ________________
Label the numbers (except #23), using the following terms: carpals, clavicle, cranium, facial
bones/face, femur, fibula, humerus , ilium (of pelvis), mandible, meta carpals, metatarsals,
patella, pelvis, phalanges (use twice), radius, ribs, scapula, sacrum, sternum, tarsals, tibia, ulna,
vertebral column
Color or label the components of the axial skeleton (vs the appendicular skeleton).