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Musculoskeletal
Combining forms
combing | meaning |
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ankyl/o | bent/ crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
brachi/o | arm |
burs/o | bursa |
calcane/o | heel |
calci/o | calcium |
carp/o | wrist |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck |
chondr/o | cartilage |
condyl/o | knob, knuckle |
cost/o | rib |
crai/o | skull |
dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
fasci/o | fascia |
femor/o | femur |
fibr/o | fiber |
humer/o | humerous |
ili/o | ilium |
ischi/o | ischium |
kyph/o | hump, bent |
lamin/o | lamina |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
lumb/o | lumbar |
maxill/o | upper jaw |
metacarp/o | metacarpal |
my/o | muscle |
myle/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
oste/o | bone |
patell/o | knee |
ped/i, ped/o | foot |
pelv/o | pelvis |
phalang/o | finger or toe bone |
pod/o | foot |
pub/o | pubes |
rachi/o | spine |
radi/o | forearm bone |
rhabd/o | rod shaped |
rhabdomy/o | striated muscle |
scapul/o | scapula |
scoli/o | curved |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum |
synov/o | synovial membrane |
tars/o | tarus |
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
thorac/o | thorax |
tibi/o | tibia |
uln/o | ulna |
vertebr/o | vertebra |