CH 15: Combining form Flashcards
1
Q
calc/o, calci/o
A
calcium
2
Q
kyph/o
A
humpback, hunchback
3
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
4
Q
lord/o
A
curve, swayback (anterior curvature of lumbar region)
5
Q
lumb/o
A
loins, lower back
6
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
7
Q
orth/o
A
straight
8
Q
oste/o
A
bone
9
Q
scoli/o
A
crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
10
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra
11
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebra
12
Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabulum (hip scoket)
13
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneus (heel)
14
Q
carp/o
A
carpals (wrist bones)
15
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle
16
Q
cost/o
A
ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)
17
Q
crani/o
A
cranium
18
Q
femor/o
A
femur
19
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula
20
Q
humer/o
A
humerus
21
Q
ili/o
A
ilium
22
Q
ischi/o
A
ischium
23
Q
malleol/o
A
malleolus
24
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible
25
maxill/o
maxilla
26
metacarp/o
metacarpals
27
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
28
olecran/o
olecranon (elbow)
29
patell/o
patella (kneecap)
30
pelv/i
pelvis (hip bone)
31
perone/o
fibula
32
phalang/o
phalanges (fingers and oe bones)
33
pub/o
pubis
34
radi/o
radius (forearm bone)
35
scapul/o
scapula
36
stern/o
sternum
37
tars/o
tarsals (bones of the handoff)
38
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
39
uln/o
ulna (forearm bone)
40
ankyl/o
stiff
41
arthr/o
joint
42
articul/o
joint
43
burs/o
bursa
44
chondr/o
cartilage
45
ligament/o
ligament
46
rheumat/o
watery flow
47
synov/o
synovial membrane
48
ten/o
tendon
49
tendin/o
tendon
50
fasci/o
fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles)
51
fibr/o
fibrous CT
52
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs
53
my/o
muscle
54
myocardi/o
heart muscle
55
myos/o
muscle
56
plan/o
sole of the foot
57
rhabdomy/o
skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones
58
sarc/o
muscle and flesh
