Medical Vocab #5: MSK

Front

kyph/o

Back

Humpback, hunchback

(posterior curvature in the

lumbar region)

Front

lord/o

Back

Curve, swayback

(anterior curvature in the

lumbar region)

Front

scoli/o

Back

Crooked, bent

(lateral curvature of the spine)

Front

myel/o

Back

Bone marrow

Front

orth/o

Back

Straight

Front

oste/o

Back

Bone

Front

lumb/o

Back

Loins, lower back

Front

spondyl/o

vertebr/o

Back

Vertebra

Front

-blast

Back

Embryonic or immature cell

Front

-clast

Back

To break