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UE: Combining Forms
The Upper Extremities; consists of the shoulder,upper arm,forehead,wrist & hand
Term | Definition |
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acromi/o | the point of the shoulder blades; acromion |
carp/o | the wrists; the bones of the wrists |
clavicul/o | the collar bone |
glen/o | a socket or pit |
humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone; shoulder |
metacarp/o | bones of the hand between the wrist and fingers |
phalang/o | a bone of a finger or toe |
radi/o | smaller lateral bone of the forearm; a ray; spoke of a wheel |
scapul/o | the shoulder blade |
uln/o | larger, medial bone of the forearm; elbow |