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Skeletal combing
Skeletal combing forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acetabul/o | acetabulum / hip socket |
| calcane/o | calcaneus / heel bone |
| carp/o | carpals / wrist bones |
| clavicul/o | clavicle / collar bone |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium / skull bones |
| femor/o | femur / thigh bone |
| fibul/o | fibula / small lower leg bone |
| humer/o | humerus / upper arm bone |
| ili/o | ilium / upper part of pelvic bone |
| isch/o | ischium / posterior part of pelvic bone |
| malleol/o | malleolus / process on each side of ankle |
| mandibul/o | mandible / lower jaw bone |
| maxill/o | maxilla / upper jaw bone |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals / hand bones |
| metatars/o | metatarsals / foot bones |
| olecran/o | olecranon / elbow |
| patell/o | patella / kneecap |
| pelv/i | pelvis / hipbone |
| perone/o | fibula / smaller lower leg bone |
| phalang/o | phalanges / finger or toe bones |
| pub/o | pubis / anterior part of pelvic bone |
| radi/o | radius / lower arm bone (on thumb side0 |
| scapul/o | scapula / shoulder bone |
| stern/o | sternum / breastbone |
| tars/o | tarsals / bones of hindfoot |
| tibi/o | tibia / shin bone; larger lower leg bone |
| uln/o | ulna / lower are bone (on little finger side) |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| calc/o; calci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |