Chapter 15 Combining Forms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near joints) |
| calc/o | calcium |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| calci/o | calcium |
| carp/o | wrist bones (carpals) |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| fasci/o | fascia (membrane supporting muscles) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilieum |
| ischi/o | ischium (part of hip bone) |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle |
| ligament/o | liagment |
| lord/o | curve; swayback |
| lumb/o | lower back; loin |
| malleol/o | malleolus |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| myocardi/o | myocardium (heart muscle) |
| myos/o | muscle |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella |
| ped/o | child; foot |
| pelv/i | pelvis; hip region |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | phalanges (of fingers and toes) |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| pub/o | pubis (anterior part of hip bone) |
| radi/o | x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue) |
| scapul/o | scapula; shoulder back |
| scoli/o | crooked; bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| synov/o | synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon |
| tars/o | tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones between the foot and the leg) |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
| uln/o | ulna (medial lower arm bone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
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