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MS: Combining Forms
Combining Forms of the Musculoskeletal System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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lorriej
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