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Green Module
Terminology - Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
| ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ax/o | axis, axon |
| blast/o | embryonic cell |
| brachi/o | arm |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bones) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cinemat/o | things that move |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tail bone) |
| condyl/o | condyle |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| cruci/o | cross |
| dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
| faci/o | face |
| fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller bone of lower leg) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| kinet/o | movement |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| lei/o | smooth |
| leimy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| megal/o | enlargement |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bones) |
| micr/o | small |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| myos/o | muscle |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| ped/i | foot; child |
| ped/o | foot; child |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pelvis bone (anterior part of pelvic bone) |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
| rhabd/o | rod shaped (striated) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod shaped (striated) muscle |
| roentgen/o | x-ray |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue) |
| scapula/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| sequestr/o | separation |
| sin/o | sinus, cavity |
| sinus/o | sinus, cavity |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger bone of lower leg) |
| trabecul/o | trabecular (supporting bundles of fibers) |
| tubercul/o | a little swelling |
| uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone, on opposite side of thumb) |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| xiph/o | sword |
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DawnLangridge
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