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Musculoskeletal System-Combining forms
Medical Terminology
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brachi/o | arm |
carp/o | carpus (wrist bones) |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
dactyl/o | digit (a finger or toe) |
humer/o | humerus |
metacarp/o | metacarpus (bones of the hand) |
phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
rachi/o | spine |
spondyl/o | vertebrae (conditions of structure) |
vertebr/o | vertebrae (describe the structure) |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
thorac/o | chest |
calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
femor/o | fumur (thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fubula (smaller outer bone of lower leg) |
ili/o | ilium (lateral flaring portion of hip bone) |
ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
lumb/o | loins |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
ped/i or pod/o | foot |
pub/o | pevic bone (anterior) |
tibi/o | tibia (larger inner bone of lower leg) |
arthr/o | joint |
acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
condyl/o | condyle (rounded protuberance at end of bone forming and articulation) |
lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
chondr/o | cartilage |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
my/o | muscle |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendon |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-clasis | break, refracture |
-desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
--malacia | softening |
-physis | to grow |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-porosis | porous |
-schisis | a splitting |
-scopy | visual examination |
epi- | above, upon |
sub- | under, below |
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