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Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Calc/i | Calcium, lime, the heel |
| Coll/a | Glue |
| Medull/o | Marrow |
| Oss/e, Oss/i | Bone |
| Append/o, Appendic/o | An appendage, that which hangs from or is attached to |
| Ax/o | An axis, main stem |
| Skelet/o | A dried up body, the skeleton |
| Ethm/o | A sieve |
| Fontan/o | A fountain |
| Front/o | Forehead, brow |
| Occipit/o | The back of the skull or head; the occiput |
| Pariet/o | A wall |
| Sphen/o | A wedge |
| Sin/o, Sin/u | A hollow; a sinus; a tube-like passage |
| Tempor/o | The temple |
| Maxill/o | Jaw; Upper jaw bone |
| Mandibul/o | Jaw; Lower jaw bone |
| Nas/i, Nas/o | The nose |
| Orbit/o | Circle, orbit, bony cavity or socket |
| Zygomat/o | Yoke; Cheekbone |
| Coccyg/o | A cuckoo, beak of a cuckoo |
| Sacr/o | Sacred; Sacrum |
| Cost/o | A rib |
| Manibri/o | A handle |
| Stern/o | The breast bone |
| Xiph/i, Xiph/o | A sword |
| Ili/o | Ilium; upper hip bone |
| Ischi/o | Ischium; lower rear hip bone |
| Acromi/o | The point of the shouler |
| Carp/o | The wrist |
| Clavicul/o | The collar bone |
| Glen/o | A socket or pit |
| Humer/o | Humerus, upper arm bone |
| Metacarp/o | Bones of the hand between the wrist and fingers |
| Phalang/o | A bone of a finger or toe |
| Radi/o | Smallerl ateral bone of the forearm |
| Scapul/o | The shoulder blad |
| Uln/o | Larger, medial bone of the forearm |
| Acetabul/o | Hip socket |
| Cox/o | Hip; hip joint |
| Fibul/o | A clasp; the smaller lateral bone of the lower leg |
| Innominat/o | unnamed, nameless |
| Metatars/o | Bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes |
| Patell/o | The knee-cap; little plate or shallow dish |
| Tibi/o | The shin bone; the larger medial bone of the lower leg |
| Os | A bone |
| Condyl/o | A knuckle, a knob |
| Foramin/o | An opening |
| Magn/o | Great, large |
| Malleol/o | A little hammer |
| Mast/o | A breast, a nipple |
| Meat/o | A passage |
| Olecran/o | The elbow |
| Process/o | A going forth |
| Arthr/o | A joint |
| Articul/o | A joint |
| Burs/o | A leather sac, a purse |
| Ligament/o | A string, tie or band, a ligament |
| Menisc/o | A crescent |
| Ten/o, Tend/o, Tendin/o | A Tendon |
| Retinacul/o | A halter |
Created by:
JonathanOlivarez
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