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Medical Terminology (comb forms)
Question | Answer |
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ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
brachi/o | arm |
cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
cost/o | ribs |
dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
faci/o | face |
fasci/o | band; fascia (fibrous membrane covering) |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
kyph/o | humpback |
lamin/o | lamina (vertebral arch) |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
myos/o | muscle |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
ped/i | foot; child |
ped/o | foot; child |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pod/o | foot |
rachi/o | spine |
radi/o | radius (lower arm bone), x-ray, radiation |
rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped (striated) muscle |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue) |
scoli/o | crooked; bent |
spondyl/o | vertebrae (back bone) |
ten/o | tendon |
tend/o | tendon |
lord/o | curve, swayback |
metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
tendin/o | tendon |
thorac/o | chest |
tibi/o | tibia (larger lower leg bone) |