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Skeletal combing
Skeletal combing forms
Question | Answer |
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acetabul/o | acetabulum / hip socket |
calcane/o | calcaneus / heel bone |
carp/o | carpals / wrist bones |
clavicul/o | clavicle / collar bone |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium / skull bones |
femor/o | femur / thigh bone |
fibul/o | fibula / small lower leg bone |
humer/o | humerus / upper arm bone |
ili/o | ilium / upper part of pelvic bone |
isch/o | ischium / posterior part of pelvic bone |
malleol/o | malleolus / process on each side of ankle |
mandibul/o | mandible / lower jaw bone |
maxill/o | maxilla / upper jaw bone |
metacarp/o | metacarpals / hand bones |
metatars/o | metatarsals / foot bones |
olecran/o | olecranon / elbow |
patell/o | patella / kneecap |
pelv/i | pelvis / hipbone |
perone/o | fibula / smaller lower leg bone |
phalang/o | phalanges / finger or toe bones |
pub/o | pubis / anterior part of pelvic bone |
radi/o | radius / lower arm bone (on thumb side0 |
scapul/o | scapula / shoulder bone |
stern/o | sternum / breastbone |
tars/o | tarsals / bones of hindfoot |
tibi/o | tibia / shin bone; larger lower leg bone |
uln/o | ulna / lower are bone (on little finger side) |
ankyl/o | stiff |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joint |
burs/o | bursa |
chondr/o | cartilage |
ligament/o | ligament |
rheumat/o | watery flow |
synov/o | synovial membrane |
ten/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
calc/o; calci/o | calcium |
kyph/o | humpback |
lamin/o | lamina |
lord/o | curve, swayback |
lumb/o | loins, lower back |
myel/o | bone marrow |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
vertebr/o | vertebra |