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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) |