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Musculoskeletal System - Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes

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Combining Form
Meaning
arthr/o   joint  
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femor/o   femur; thigh bone  
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calcane/o   calcaneus (heal bone)  
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carp/o   wrist bones  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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coccyg/o   tailbone  
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cost/o   rib  
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crani/o   skull  
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dactyl/o   fingers or toes  
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electr/o   electricity  
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fibul/o   fibula  
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Ili/o   ilium  
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my/o   muscle  
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leiomy/o   ligament  
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lip/o   fat  
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lumb/o   loin, waist region  
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metacarp/o   metacarpals  
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metartars/o   metatarsals  
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muscul/o   muscle  
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myel/o   bone marrow  
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oste/o   bone  
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ped/o   child  
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pelv/o   hip bone  
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phren/o   diaphragm  
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rhadb/o   striated skeletal muscle  
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rheumat/o   flow, fluid  
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sacr/o   scraum  
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sarc/o   flesh  
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spin/o   spleen  
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spondyl/o   vertebra, backbone  
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tars/o   tarsals  
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ten/o   tendon  
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thorac/o   chest  
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uln/o   ulna  
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vertebr/o   vertebra, backbone  
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-algia   pain  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluid  
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-eal   pertaining to  
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-ectomy   removal  
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-gen   to produce  
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-gram   record  
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-graphy   to record  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-osis   abdnormal condition  
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-pathy   disease condition  
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-penia   dificiency  
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-plasia   formation or growth  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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dys-   abnormal  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-tomy   incision  
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inter-   between  
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intra-   within  
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meta-   metacarpals  
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peri-   surrounding  
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pros-   before, forward  
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sub-   under, below  
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