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Musculoskeletal
Orthopedic Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arthr/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| carp/o | wrist |
| chonrd/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | collar bone |
| coccyg/o | tailbone |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| femor/o | thing bone |
| fibul/o | lower leg bone |
| humer/o | upper arm bone |
| ili/o | part of pelvis |
| ischi/o | part of pelvis |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw |
| maxill/o | upper jaw |
| metacarp/o | hand bones |
| metatars/o | foot bones |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | knee cap |
| phalang/o | fingers and/or toes |
| pub/o | part of pelvis |
| radi/o | part of forearm |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | shoulder blade |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | breast bone |
| tars/o | ankle |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| tibi/o | shin |
| uln/o | part of forearm |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| cutane/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fibr/o | fiberous |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lord/o | bent backward |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | disease |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |