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Chapter 14 - Musculoskeletal system - combining forms, prefixes and suffixes
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| carp/o | carpals |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| lumb/o | lumbar |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pub/o | pubis |
| rachi/o | spine, vertebral column |
| radi/o | radius |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum |
| tars/o | tarsals |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| arthr/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| disc/o | intervertebral disk |
| menisc/o | meniscus |
| synovi/o | synovia, synovial membrane |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| ankyl/o | crooked, stiff, bent |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | bent forward |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| my/o | muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| oste/o | bone |
| petr/o | stone |
| scoli/o | crooked, curved |
| inter | between |
| supra | above |
| a | absence of, without |
| syn | together, joined |
| asthenia | weakness |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| desis | surgical fixation or fusion |
| schisis | split, fissure |
| pelv/i | pelvic, pelvic bone |
| patell/o | kneecap, patella |
| sarc/o | flesh, connetive tissue |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| hem/o | blood |
| necr/o | death |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped, striated |
| brady | slow |
| dys | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| hyper | above, excessive |
| intra | within |
| micro | small |
| poly | many, much |
| sub | under, below |
| ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| gram | the record, radiographic image |
| graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
| ia | disease or abnormal state, condition of |
| is, a | noun suffix, no meaning |
| itis | inflammation |
| malacia | softening |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots) |
| penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhaphy | suturing, repairing |
| sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| scopy | visual examination |
| tomy | cut into, incision |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
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