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Combining Form
Muscloskeletal system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| branchi/o | arm |
| carp/o | carpus |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium |
| dactyl/o | digit |
| humer/o | humerus |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus |
| phalango/o | phalanges |
| rachi/o, rach/o | spine |
| spondyl/o vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| stern/o | sternum |
| thorac/o | chest |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| olecran/o | olecranon,elbow |
| radi/o | radius |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| uln/o | ulna |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| calcane/o | calcaneum |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| lumbo/o | loins |
| patell/o | patella |
| pedi/i pod/o | foot |
| pelv/l | pelvis |
| pub/o | pubis |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| acromi/o | acromion |
| ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
| arthro/o articul/o | joint |
| condylo | condyle |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| osteo/o | bone |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane, synovia |
| fibros/o | fibros connective tissue |
| ligament/o syndesm/o | ligament |
| calc/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lord/o | swayback |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| lumb/o | lowerback, loins |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| my/o myos/o | muscle |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped muscle |
| ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendon |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -clasis | break, fracture, refracture |
| -clast | break, destroy |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -porosis | porous |
| -schsis | a splitting |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stenia | strength |
| trophy | nourishment, development |