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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 |