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Ch 15 - Musculoskeletal System - Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes

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Prefixes
meaning
acetabul/o   show
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show stiff  
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arthr/o   show
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articul/o   show
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show bursa (sac of fluid near joints)  
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calc/o   show
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calcane/o   show
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calci/o   show
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show wrist bones (carpals)  
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show neck; cervix (neck of uterus)  
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chondr/o   show
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show clavicle (collar bone)  
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coccyg/o   show
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cost/o   show
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show skull  
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fasci/o   show
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femor/o   show
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show fiber  
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show fibula  
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humer/o   show
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show ilium  
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ischi/o   show
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show humpback  
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lamin/o   show
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show smooth (visceral) muscle  
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ligament/o   show
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show curve; swayback  
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lumb/o   show
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malleol/o   show
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mandibul/o   show
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maxill/o   show
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show metacarpals (hand bones)  
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show metatarsals (foot bones)  
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my/o   show
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show spinal cord; bone marrow  
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show myocardium (heart muscle)  
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myos/o   show
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show olecranon (elbow)  
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orth/o   show
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show bone  
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patell/o   show
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ped/o   show
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show pelvis; hip region  
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show fibula  
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show phalanges (of fingers and toes)  
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show sole of foot  
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pub/o   show
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show x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)  
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rhabdomy/o   show
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rheumat/o   show
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show sacrum  
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show flesh (connective tissue)  
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scapul/o   show
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show crooked; bent  
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show vertebra (backbone)  
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show sternum (breastbone)  
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show synobia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon  
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show tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones between the foot and the leg)  
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show tendon  
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show tendon  
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thorac/o   show
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show tibia (shin bone)  
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show ulna (medial lower arm bone)  
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show vertebra (backbone)  
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show pain  
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-asthenia   show
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-blast   show
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-clast   show
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show to bind; tie together  
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-emia   show
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show slipping  
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show softening  
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show deficiency  
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-physis   show
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show surgical repair  
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show condition of pores (spaces)  
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show tightening; stricture  
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show instrument to cut  
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show nourishment; development (condition of)  
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show no; not; without  
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show away from  
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ad-   show
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dia-   show
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dorsi-   show
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show above; upon; on  
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show out; away from  
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hyper-   show
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show change; beyond  
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peri-   show
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show many, much  
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sub-   show
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supra-   show
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sym-   show
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