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