PHS Medical Terminology - Skeletal

Prefix meaning "to, toward, near"

• a-
• ab-
• ad-
• bi-

The prefix "ab-" means:

• toward
• near
• away from
• without

Spondyl/o means:

• vertebrae
• bone
• crooked
• broken

The root word for "crooked, bent or stiff" is:

• scoli/o
• synovi/o
• spondyl/o
• ankyl/o

The prefix "a-" or "an-" means:

• without, lack of
• away from
• toward
• cuved, bent

The root word "chondr/i" or "chondr/o" means:

• cartilage
• arthritis
• joint
• rib

The suffix "-um" means:

• setting free
• tie together
• singular noun ending
• none of these

The root word for bone is:

• cost/o
• lord/o
• chondr/o
• oste/o

The root word for curved, swayback or bent is:

• synovi/o
• lord/o
• scoli/o
• spondyl/o

The suffix "-algia" means:

• pain
• cartilage
• crooked
• away from