Musculoskeletal combinning forms, suffixes, perfixes, abbreviations
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| ankyl/o | stiff; immobility
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| arthr/o articul/o | joint; articulation
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| burs/o | bursa; sac
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| calcane/o | heel bone, calcaneus
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| carp/o | carpus: wrist bones
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| cervic/o | cervical vertebrae; neck
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| clavicul/o, cleid/o | clavicle, collarbone
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| coccyg/o | coccyx,coccygeal vertebrae; fused vertebrae that form the tail bone
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| crani/o | cranium; skull
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| femor/o | femur; thigh bone
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| fibul/o | fibula; calf bone
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| humer/o | humerus; upper arm bone
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| ili/o | ilium
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| ischi/o | ischium
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| kyph/o | hump
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| lord/o | bent backwards
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| lumb/o | lumbar vertebrae; loin, lower back
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| metacarp/o | metacarpals, hand bones
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| metatars/o | metatarsals, foot bones
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| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord
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| orth/o | straight
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| oste/o | bone
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| patell/o | patella; knee cap
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| pelv/o, pelv/i | pelvis
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| phalang/o | phalanges, phalanx; toes or fingers
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| pub/o | pubis
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| radi/o | radius, forearm bone; or radiant energy
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| sacr/o | sacrum, sacral vertebrae; fused vertebrae to form the sacrum
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| scapul/o | scapula; shoulder blade
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| scoli/o | Crooked, bent
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| spondyl/o | vertebrae
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| stern/o | sternum; breastbone
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| synovi/o synov/o | synovial membrane
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| tars/o | ankle; tarsus
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| thorac/o | chest; thoracic vertebrae
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| tibi/o | tibia; shin bone
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| uln/o | ulna; forearm bone
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| vertebr/o | vertebrae
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| fibr/o | fibers
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| kinesi/o | movement
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| lei/o | smooth
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| muscul/o my/o myos/o | muscle
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendon
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| -blast | immature, embryonic
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| -clasia -clast | to surgically break
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| -desis | stabilize, fuse
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| -listhesis | slipping
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| -physis | growth
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| -porosis | porous
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| -asthenia | weakness
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| -kinesia | movement
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| -tonia | tone
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| ab- | away from
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| ad- | toward
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| cirucum- | around
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| dia- | through (prefix)
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| syn- | together (prefix)
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| AROM | active range of motion
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| BMT | bone marrow transplant
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| C1, C2, etc | first, second, etc, cervical vertebrae
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| CPM | continuous passive motion (abbre)
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| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome
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| FX, Fx | fracture
(abbreviation)
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| L1, L2, | first lumbar vertebra,
second lumbar vertebra
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| DJD | degenerative joint disease
(abbreviation)
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| ROM | range of motion
(abbreviation)
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| DMARD | disease-modifying antirheumatic drug
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| T1, T2, | first thoracic vertebra,
second thoracic vertebra, etc.
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| MTP | metatarsophalangeal
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| EMG | electromyogram
(abbreviation)
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| NSAID | nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug
(abbreviation)
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| blast/o | CF embryonic form
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| cost/o | CF costae; rib bones
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| rach/i, rachi/o, spin/o | CF vertebral or spinal column; spine, backbone
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| scler/o | CF hard
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| troph/o | CF nutrition
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| fasci/o | fascia
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| PROM | passive range of motion (abbreviation)
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| RA | Rheumatoid arthritis
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| TJR | total joint replacement
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| TMJ | temporomandibular joint
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