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Musculoskeletal
Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremity |
| ankyl/o | crooked; stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| bunion/o | bunion |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calc/o; calc/i | calcium |
| carp/o | carpal; wrist |
| cartilagin/o | cartilage |
| cervic/o | cervix; neck |
| chir/o | hand |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx; tailbone |
| condyl/o | condyle |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
| digit/o | digit |
| epicondyl/o | epicondyle |
| ethmoid/o | ethmoid |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| flex/o | to bend |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| kyph/o | hump; humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| leiomy/o | visceral muscle; smooth |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| lord/o | swayback |
| lumb/o | lower backq |
| malleol/o | malleolus |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| maxill/o | upper jaw bone; maxilla |
| metacarp/o | metacarpal |
| metatars/o | metatarsal |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| nuch/o | neck |
| occipit/o | back of the head |
| olecran/o | elbow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oss/i | bone |
| osse/o | bone |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella |
| ped/o | child; foot |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | phalanx |
| pub/o | pubic bone; pubis |
| rachi/o | spinal column |
| radi/o | x-rays; radius |
| rhabdomy/o | striated muscle |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scoli/o | curvature |
| sphenoid/o | sphenoid |
| spin/o | spine; spinal column |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum |
| syndesm/o | ligament |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane |
| tars/o | tarsal; tarsus |
| tempor/o | temporal bone |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| vomer/o | vomer |
| zygomat/o | zygoma |
Created by:
Alyssa Wagner
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