Chapter 15: Musculoskeletal System: Combining Forms Flashcards by Jenn Dobrotinic

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calc/o

A

calcium

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calci/o

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calcium

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kyph/o

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humpback, hunchback

Posterior curvature in the thoracic region

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lamin/o

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lamina (part of the vertebral arch)

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lord/o

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curve, swayback

Anterior curvature in the lumbar region

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lumb/o

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loins, lower back

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myel/o

A

bone marrow

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orth/o

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straight

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oste/o

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bone

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

Lateral curvature

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spondyl/o

Used to make words about the conditions of the structure

A

vertebra

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vertebr/o

Used to describe the structure itself

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vertebra

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acetabul/o

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acetabulum (hip socket)

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calcane/o

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calcaneus (heel)

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carp/o

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carpals (wrist bones)

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clavicul/o

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clavicle (collar bone)

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cost/o

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ribs

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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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femor/o

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femur (thigh bone)

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fibul/o

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fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

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humer/o

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humerus (upper arm bone)

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ili/o

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ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone)

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ischi/o

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ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)

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malleol/o

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malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)

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mandibul/o

mandible (lower jawbone)

maxill/o

maxilla (upper jawbone)

metacarp/o

metacarpals (hand bones)

metatars/o

metatarsals (foot bones)

olecran/o

olecranon (elbow)

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

pelv/o

pelvis (hipbone)

perone/o

fibula

phalang/o

phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)

pub/o

pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

radi/o

radius (forearm bone - thumb side)

scapul/o

scapula (shoulder blade)

stern/o

sternum (breastbone)

tars/o

tarsals (bones of the hindfoot)

tibi/o

tibia (shin bone)

uln/o

ulna (forearm bone - little finger side)

ankly/o

stiff

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

burs/o

bursa (sac of fluid near joints)

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

coccyg/o

coccyx (tailbone)

fasci/o

fascia (membrane supporting muscles)

leiomy/o

smooth (visceral) muscle

ligament/o

ligament

my/o

muscle

myocardi/o

myocardium (heart muscle)

myos/o

muscle

ped/o

foot

plant/o

sole of the foot

rhabdomy/o

striated (skeletal) muscle

rheumat/o

watery flow

sarc/o

flesh (connective tissue)

sacr/o

sacrum

synov/o

synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon

tendin/o

tendon

thorac/o

chest