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Ch 6 Terms
Musculoskeletal System Combining Forms and Meanings
Combining Form | Meaning |
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ankyl/o | crooked or stiff |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joint |
brachi/o | arm |
cervic/o | neck |
chondr/o | cartilage (gristle) |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
dactyl/o | digit (finger or toe) |
fasci/o | fascia (a band) |
femor/o | femur |
fibr/o | fiber |
kyph/o | humped |
lei/o | smooth |
lord/o | bent |
lumb/o | loin (lower back) |
myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
my/o | muscle |
myos/o | muscle |
muscul/o | muscle |
oste/o | bone |
patell/o | knee cap |
pelv/i | hip bone or pelvic bone |
pelv/o or pelv/i | hip bone or pelvic bone |
radi/o | radius |
rhabd/o | rod shaped or striated (skeletal) |
sarc/o | flesh |
scoli/o | twisted |
spondyl/o or vertebr/o | vertebra |
vertebr/o or spondyl/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
ten/o, tend/o, or tendin/o | tendon (to stretch) |
thorac/o | chest |
ton/o | tone or tension |
uln/o | ulna |