Ch 15 - Musculoskeletal System - Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes
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| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket)
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| ankl/o | stiff
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| arthr/o | joint
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| articul/o | joint
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| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
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| calc/o | calcium
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| calcane/o | calcaneous (heel bone)
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| calci/o | calcium
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| carp/o | wrist bones (carpals)
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| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus)
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone)
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| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone)
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| cost/o | rib
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| crani/o | skull
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| fasci/o | face
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| femor/o | femur (thigh bone)
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| fibr/o | fiber
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| fibul/o | fibula
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| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone)
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| ili/o | ilium
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| ischi/o | ischium (part of the hip bone)
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| kyph/o | humpback
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| lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
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| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle
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| ligament/o | ligament
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| lord/o | curve; swayback
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| lumb/o | lower back; loin
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| malleol/o | malleolus
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| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone)
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| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones)
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| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones)
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| my/o | muscle
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| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow
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| myocardi/o | myocardium (heart muscle)
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| myos/o | muscle
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| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow)
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| orth/o | straight
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| oste/o | bone
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| patell/o | patella
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| ped/o | child; foot
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| pelvi/o | pelvis; hip region
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| perone/o | fibula
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| phalang/o | phalanges (of fingers and toes)
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| plant/o | sole of foot
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| pub/o | pubis (anterior part of hip bone)
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| radi/o | x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
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| rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle
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| rheumat/o | watery flow
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| sacr/o | sacrum
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| sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue)
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| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade)
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| scoli/o | crooked; bent
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| spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone)
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| stern/o | sternum (breastbone)
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| synov/o | synobia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon
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| tars/o | tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones between the foot and the leg)
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| ten/o | tendon
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| tendin/o | tendon
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| thorac/o | chest
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| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone)
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| uln/o | ulna (medial lower arm bone)
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| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone)
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| -algia | pain
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| -asthenia | lack of strength
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| -blast | embryonic; immature cell
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| -clast | to break
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| -desis | to bind; tie together
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -listhesis | slipping
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| -malacia | softening
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -physis | to grow
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -porosis | condition of pores (spaces)
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| -stenosis | tightening; stricture
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| -tome | instrument to cut
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| -trophy | nourishment; development (condition of)
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| a-, an- | no; not; without
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| ab- | away from
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| ad- | toward
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| dia- | complete; through
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| dorsi- | back
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| epi- | above; upon; on
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| exo- | out; away from
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| hyper- | above; excessive
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| meta- | change; beyond
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| peri- | surrounding
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| poly- | many, much
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| sub- | under, below
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| supra- | above; upper
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| sym- | together; with
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