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Chapter 15
Ch 15 - Musculoskeletal System - Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes
| Prefixes | meaning |
|---|---|
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| ankl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near joints) |
| calc/o | calcium |
| calcane/o | calcaneous (heel bone) |
| calci/o | calcium |
| carp/o | wrist bones (carpals) |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| fasci/o | face |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium (part of the hip bone) |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| lord/o | curve; swayback |
| lumb/o | lower back; loin |
| malleol/o | malleolus |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| myocardi/o | myocardium (heart muscle) |
| myos/o | muscle |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella |
| ped/o | child; foot |
| pelvi/o | pelvis; hip region |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | phalanges (of fingers and toes) |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| pub/o | pubis (anterior part of hip bone) |
| radi/o | x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue) |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| scoli/o | crooked; bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| synov/o | synobia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon |
| tars/o | tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones between the foot and the leg) |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
| uln/o | ulna (medial lower arm bone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -blast | embryonic; immature cell |
| -clast | to break |
| -desis | to bind; tie together |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -porosis | condition of pores (spaces) |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -trophy | nourishment; development (condition of) |
| a-, an- | no; not; without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dia- | complete; through |
| dorsi- | back |
| epi- | above; upon; on |
| exo- | out; away from |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| meta- | change; beyond |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many, much |
| sub- | under, below |
| supra- | above; upper |
| sym- | together; with |
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