| A | B |
|---|
| Combining Forms | Meaning |
| calc/o, calci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region) |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
| lord/o | curve; swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region) |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent (lateral curvature) |
| spoldyl/o (used to make words about the condition of the structure) | vertebra |
| vertebr/o (used to describe the structure itself) | vertebra |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel) |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | ribs (true ribs, false ribs & floating ribs) |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone/"funny bone") |
| ili/o | ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone) |
| malleol/o | malleolus (process/knob on each side of ankle) |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jawbone) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jawbone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis (hipbone) |
| perone/o | fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (finger and/or toe bones) |
| pub/o | pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
| radi/o | radius (forearm bone-thumb side) |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| tars/o | tarsals (bones of the hindfoot) |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
| uln/o | ulna (forearm bone-little finger side) |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| fasci/o | fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles) |
| fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
| sarc/o | muscle and flesh |
| -algia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -blast | embryonic or immature cell |
| -clast | to break |
| -lithesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| -porosis | pore, passage |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dorsi- | back |
| poly- | many, much |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| dia- | through, complete |
| epi- | above, upon |
| exo- | outside of |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many, much |
| sub- | below, under |
| supra- | above, upper |
| sym- | together |
