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Combining Form-bones
Musculoskeletal system-bones
Term | Definition |
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Spondyl/o (used to make words about conditions of the structure) | vertebra |
vertebr/o(used to describe the structure itself) | vertebra |
acetabul/o | acetabulum(hip socket) |
calcane/o | calcaneus(heel) |
carp/o | carpals(wrist bones) |
clavicul/o | clavicle(collar bone) |
cost/o | ribs (true ribs, false ribs, adn floating ribs) |
crani/o | cranium(skull) |
femor/o | femur(thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fibula(smaller lower leg bone) |
humer/o | humerus(upper arm bone) |
ili/o | ilium(upper part of pelvic bone) |
ischi/o | ischium(posterior part of pelvic bone) |
malleol/o | malleolus(process on each side of the ankle) |
mandibul/o | mandible(lower jawbone) |
maxill/o | maxilla(upper jawbone) |
metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
olecran/o | olecranon(elbow) |
patell/o | patella(kneecap) |
pelv/i | pelvis (hipbone) |
perone/o | fibula |
phalang/o | phalanges (finger and/or toe bones |
pub/o | pubis(anterior part of the pelvic bone |
radi/o | radius(forearm bone-thumb side) |
scapul/o | scapula(shoulder blade) |
stern/o | sternum(breastbone) |
tars/o | tarsals(bones of the hindfoot) |
tibi/o | tibia(shin bone) |
uln/o | ulna(forearm bone-little finger side) |
rheumat/o | watery flow |
synov/o | synovial membrane |
ten/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |