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musculoskeletal /
Roots/Combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acetabul/o | hip socket |
| ankyl/o | bent/fused |
| aponeur/o | tendon type |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | flluid-filled sac in joint |
| calc/o, calci/o | calcium |
| calcane/o | calcaneous (heel) |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bone) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavic/o, clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| disc/o | intervertebral disc |
| femor/o | thigh bone |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium (upper pelvic bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (posterior pelvic bone) |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| malleol/o | malleolus (process on lateral ankle) |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jawbone) |
| menisc/o | meniscus |
| menisci/o | meniscus |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot) |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| my/o, muscul/o | muscle |
| olecran/o | olencranon (elbow) |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis (hip) |
| perone/o | fibula |
| petr/o | stone |
| phalang/o | phalanges (finger or toe) |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| pub/o | pubis |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | radius (lower arm) |
| rhabdomy/o | skeleton (straited muscle) |
| rheumat/o | watery flow (collection of fluids in joints) |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder) |
| scoli/o | bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| synovi/o | synovial joint membrane |
| tars/o | tarsal (ankle/foot) |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon (connective tissue) |
| tendin/o | tendon (connective tissue) |
| tibi/o | shin bone |
| uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
Created by:
Sharon Rainer
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