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Chapter 4
combining form or suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arth/o | joint |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cost/o | rib |
| lord/o | bent backward |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| medull/o | inner portion |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| lumb/o | low back, loin |
| thorac/o | chest |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| fasci/o | fibers |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| tend/o | tendon |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| my/o | muscle |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane |
| orth/o | straight |
| circum | around |
| tonia | tone |
| asthenia | weakness |
| -desi | stabalize, fuse |
| -clasi | to surgically break |
| -listhesi | slipping |