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Med Term Ch 10
Musculoskeletal System - Specific Bones - Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
| brachi/o | arm |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bone) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix uteri (neck of the uterus) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller bone of lower leg) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of the hip bone) |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bones) |
| patell/o | patella (knee cap) |
| pelv/i pelv/o | pelvis |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pelvis bone (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray: radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
| spondyl/o vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger bone of lower leg) |