Skeletal Morphemes

Defect in the formation of cartilage at the end of long bones

• hypopituitarism

• achondrogenesis

• achondroplasia

• ankylosis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Crooked, stiffening

• burs/o

• ankyl/o

• kyph/o

• arthr/o

Without

• sub-

• a-

• acr/o

• ab-

• intra-

Which prefix or root word is associated with the term "X-ray"?

• radi/o

• lumb/o

• myel/o

• cost/o

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

Which prefix means "towards"?

• poly-

• ab-

• dys-

• ad-

Which root word is related to the term "joint"?

• oste/o

• ankyl/o

• arthr/o

• chondr/o

What is the term for low bone mass or density?

• osteopenia

• osteoarthritis

• osteosarcoma

• osteoporosis

Which prefix means "slow"?

• dys-

• hyper-

• brady-

• hypo-

Which prefix means "below"?

• Intra-

• Inter-

• sub-

• hypo-

What is the combining form for "rib"?

• carp/o

• chondr/o

• cost/o

• spondyl/o