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MS: Combining Forms
Combining Forms of the Musculoskeletal System
Term | Definition |
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calc/i | calcium, lime, the heel |
coll/a | glue |
medull/o | marrow |
oss/e | bone |
oss/i | bone |
append/o, appendic/o | an appendage that which hangs forms or is attached to |
ax/o | an axis, main stem |
skelet/o | a dried up body, the skeleton |
ethm/o | a sieve |
fontan/o | a fountain |
front/o | forehead, brow |
occipit/o | the back of the skull or head; the occiput |
pariet/o | a wall |
sphen/o | a wedge |
sin/o, sin/u | a hollow; a sinus; a tube-like passage |
tempor/o | the temple |
maxill/o | jaw; upper jaw bone |
mandibul/o | jaw; lower jaw bone |
nas/i, nas/o | the nose |
orbit/o | circle, orbit, bony cavity or socket |
zygomat/o | yoke; cheekbone |
coccyg/o | a cuckoo, beak of a cuckoo |
sarc/o | sacred; sacrum |
cost/o | a rib |
manubri/o | a handle |
stern/o | the breast bone |
xiph/i, xiph/o | a sword |
ili/o | ilium; upper hip bone |
ischi/o | ischium; lower rear hip bone |
acrom/i | the point of the shoulder blades; acromion |
carp/o | the wrists; the bones of the wrists |
clavicul/o | the collar bone |
glen/o | a socket or pit |
humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone |
metacarp/o | bones of the hand between the wrists and fingers |
phalang/o | a bone of finger or toe |
radi/o | smaller lateral bone of the forearm; a ray; spoke of a wheel |
scapul/o | the shoulder blade |
uln/o | larger, medial bone of the forearm |
acetabul/o | hip socket |
cox/o | hip; hip joint |
fibul/o | a clasp; the smaller lateral bone of the lower leg |
innominat/o | unnamed, nameless |
metatars/o | bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes |
patell/o | the knee-cap; little plate or shallow dish |
tibi/o | the shin bone; the larger medial bone of the lower leg |
os | a bone |
condyl/o | a knuckle; a knob |
foramin/o | an opening |
magn/o | great, large |
malleol/o | a little hammer |
mast/o | a breast, nipple |
meat/o | a passage |
olecran/o | the elbow |
process/o | a going forth |
arthr/o | a joint |
articul/o | a joint |
burs/o | a leather, sac, a purse |
ligament/o | a string, tie or band, a ligament |
menisc/o | a crescent |
ten/o, tend/o | a tendon |
retinacil/o | a halter |