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