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Combining Forms
Combining Forms of The Skeletal System
Question | Answer |
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Acr/o | extremity |
ankyl/o | stiffening, crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
burs/o | a pouch |
calcan/e | heel bone |
carcin/o | cancer |
carp/o | wrist |
cartilagin/o | cartilage |
chondr/o | cartilage |
clavicul/o | clavicle, collarbone |
coccyg/e../o | coccyx, tailbone |
coll/o | glue |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
dactyl/o | finger or toe |
femor/o | femur |
fibul/o | fibula |
fixat/o | fastened |
humer/o | humerus |
ili/o | ilium |
isch/i | ischium, hip |
kyph/o | a hump |
lamin/o | lamina(thin plate) |
lord/o | bending, curve |
lumb/o | loin, lower back |
mandibul/o | mandible, lower jaw |
maxill/o | jawbone |
menisc/i | crescent |
myel/o | bone marrow |
oste/o | bone |
patell/o | kneecap |
ped/o | foot |
phalang/e | phalanges(finger/toe bones) |
rach/i | spine |
rad/i | radius |
radi/o | x-ray |
rheumat/o | discharge |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh |
scapul/o | shoulder blade |
scoli/o | curvature |
spin/o | spine |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum, breastbone |
tendon/o | tendon |
tibi/o | tibia |
tract/o | to draw |
uln/o | ulna, elbow |
vertebr/o | vertabra |
xiph/o | sword |