Combining Forms of the Musculoskeletal System
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calc/i | calcium, lime, the heel
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coll/a | glue
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medull/o | marrow
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oss/e | bone
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oss/i | bone
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append/o, appendic/o | an appendage that which hangs forms or is attached to
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ax/o | an axis, main stem
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skelet/o | a dried up body, the skeleton
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ethm/o | a sieve
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fontan/o | a fountain
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front/o | forehead, brow
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occipit/o | the back of the skull or head; the occiput
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pariet/o | a wall
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sphen/o | a wedge
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sin/o, sin/u | a hollow; a sinus; a tube-like passage
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tempor/o | the temple
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maxill/o | jaw; upper jaw bone
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mandibul/o | jaw; lower jaw bone
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nas/i, nas/o | the nose
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orbit/o | circle, orbit, bony cavity or socket
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zygomat/o | yoke; cheekbone
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coccyg/o | a cuckoo, beak of a cuckoo
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sarc/o | sacred; sacrum
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cost/o | a rib
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manubri/o | a handle
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stern/o | the breast bone
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xiph/i, xiph/o | a sword
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ili/o | ilium; upper hip bone
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ischi/o | ischium; lower rear hip bone
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acrom/i | the point of the shoulder blades; acromion
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carp/o | the wrists; the bones of the wrists
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clavicul/o | the collar bone
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glen/o | a socket or pit
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humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone
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metacarp/o | bones of the hand between the wrists and fingers
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phalang/o | a bone of finger or toe
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radi/o | smaller lateral bone of the forearm; a ray; spoke of a wheel
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scapul/o | the shoulder blade
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uln/o | larger, medial bone of the forearm
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acetabul/o | hip socket
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cox/o | hip; hip joint
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fibul/o | a clasp; the smaller lateral bone of the lower leg
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innominat/o | unnamed, nameless
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metatars/o | bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes
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patell/o | the knee-cap; little plate or shallow dish
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tibi/o | the shin bone; the larger medial bone of the lower leg
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os | a bone
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condyl/o | a knuckle; a knob
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foramin/o | an opening
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magn/o | great, large
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malleol/o | a little hammer
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mast/o | a breast, nipple
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meat/o | a passage
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olecran/o | the elbow
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process/o | a going forth
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arthr/o | a joint
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articul/o | a joint
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burs/o | a leather, sac, a purse
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ligament/o | a string, tie or band, a ligament
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menisc/o | a crescent
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ten/o, tend/o | a tendon
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retinacil/o | a halter
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