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Ch 2 Combining Forms
Skeletal System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremities |
| ankyl/o | crooked; bent; stiff; fused together |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| chir/o | hand |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lord/o | curve; swayback |
| lumb/o | lumbar region; loin |
| lux/o | slide |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness; sleep; stupor |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| ped/o | foot; child |
| pod/o | foot |
| pyret/o | fever |
| rachi/o | spine; vertebra |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh; connective tissue |
| scoli/o | crooked; bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra; backbone |
| ster/o | solid structure; steroid |
| synovi/o | lubricating fluid of joints |
| tars/o | ankle |
| ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o | tendon |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near a joint) |