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Bldg Skeletal Terms
ICEV Building Skeletal Term Morphemes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremity |
| ankyl/o | Crooked, stiffness |
| arthr/o | joint |
| burs/o | pouch, sac |
| carp/o | wrist |
| chri/o | hand |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| calcan/e | heel bone |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull, head |
| coccyg/o/e | coccyx, tailbone |
| dactyl/o | finger or toe |
| femor/o | femur, thigh bone |
| fibul/o | fibula, one of the lower leg bones |
| fixat/o | fastened |
| humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lord/o | bending, loin |
| lumb/o | lower back, loin |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| oste/o | bone |
| ped/o | foot |
| rad/i | radius |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| rheumat/o | discharge |
| scoli/o | curvature |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| tract/o | to draw |
| ankylosis | ankyl - stiffening osis - abnormal condition |
| carpal | carp - wrist al - pertaining to |
| coccyxodynia | coccyx - tailbone dynia - pain |
| craniotomy | crani- skull otomy - surgical incision |
| dactylogram | dactyl - finger (or toe) gram - print |