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Musculoskeletal
Combining forms
| combing | meaning |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | bent/ crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calcane/o | heel |
| calci/o | calcium |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| condyl/o | knob, knuckle |
| cost/o | rib |
| crai/o | skull |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| humer/o | humerous |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| kyph/o | hump, bent |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| lumb/o | lumbar |
| maxill/o | upper jaw |
| metacarp/o | metacarpal |
| my/o | muscle |
| myle/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | knee |
| ped/i, ped/o | foot |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| phalang/o | finger or toe bone |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pubes |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | forearm bone |
| rhabd/o | rod shaped |
| rhabdomy/o | striated muscle |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scoli/o | curved |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| tars/o | tarus |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | thorax |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |