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Musculoskeletal C.F
Chabner Chapter 14 - Musculoskeletal System Combining Forms
| Combining Form | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calc/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight, correct |
| osse/o | bone |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull bones) |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| isch/o | ischium |
| malleol/o | malleolus |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| patell/o | patella |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | phalanges (fingers, toes) |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| stern/o | sternum |
| tars/o | tarsus |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| 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, tendin/o | tendon |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal muscle |
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