MUSCLE NERVE CARTILAGE BONE
BONE STRUCTURE
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Question
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Osteo means?
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Bone
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Bone tissue
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skin
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tissue
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The word osteoarthritis is derived from the following Greek words: osteo which means “of the bone”
Detailed explanation-2: -A prefix that indicates bone, e.g. osteocyte.
Detailed explanation-3: -oste-, osteo-; -osteum, -i (s.n.II): in Gk. comp. bone-, bony [> Gk. osteon (s.n.II), a bone; Lat. os, ossis]; see skeleton.
Detailed explanation-4: -The prefix “osteo” (which means “bone”) is the only thing that osteoporosis and osteoarthritis have in common.
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