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Medical Terminology (comb forms)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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) |