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Musculoskeletal C.F
Chabner Chapter 14 - Musculoskeletal System Combining Forms
Combining Form | Meaning |
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calc/o | calcium |
kyph/o | humpback |
lamin/o | lamina |
lord/o | curve, swayback |
lumb/o | loins, lower back |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
orth/o | straight, correct |
osse/o | bone |
oste/o | bone |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone) |
carp/o | carpals (wrist) |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium (skull bones) |
femor/o | femur |
fibul/o | fibula |
humer/o | humerus |
ili/o | ilium |
isch/o | ischium |
malleol/o | malleolus |
mandibul/o | mandible |
metacarp/o | metacarpals |
maxill/o | maxilla |
metatars/o | metatarsals |
olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
patell/o | patella |
pelv/i | pelvis |
perone/o | fibula |
phalang/o | phalanges (fingers, toes) |
pub/o | pubis |
radi/o | radius |
scapul/o | scapula |
stern/o | sternum |
tars/o | tarsus |
tibi/o | tibia |
uln/o | ulna |
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, tendin/o | tendon |
fasci/o | fascia |
fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myocardi/o | heart muscle |
myos/o | muscle |
plant/o | sole of foot |
rhabdomy/o | skeletal muscle |