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Musculoskeletal Sys.
Combining Forms/Prefixes/Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Calc/i | Calcium, lime, the heel. |
| Coll/a | Glue. |
| Medull/o | Marrow. |
| Oss/e, Oss/i | Bone. |
| Endo- | Within. |
| -clast | That which breaks or destoys. |
| -eous | Of the nature of; composed of. |
| -ification | The act of making or building. |
| -physis | Grow, growing. |
| Append/o, Appendic/o | An appendage, that whcih hangs from 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. |
| Parite/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. |
| Sacr/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/p | Ischium; lower rear hip bone. |
| Acromi/o | The point of the shoulder blades; acromion. |
| Carp/o | The wrist; the bones of the wrist. |
| 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 wrist and fingers. |
| Phalang/o | A bone of a 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. |
| Innomat/o | Un named, nameless. |
| Metatars/o | Bones of the foot between the tarsus and teos. |
| 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, a 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, Tendin/o | A tendon. |
| Retinacul/o | A halter. |
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