Combing Forms

Question 1

Carp/o

Answer 1

Carpals (wrist bones)

Question 2

Clavic/o, clavicul/o

Answer 2

Clavicle

Question 3

Cost/o

Answer 3

Rib

Question 4

Crani/o

Answer 4

Cranium (skull)

Question 5

Femor/o

Answer 5

Femur (upper leg bone)

Question 6

Fibul/o

Answer 6

Fibula (lower leg bone)

Question 7

Humer/o

Answer 7

Humerous (upper arm bone)

Question 8

Ili/o

Answer 8

Ilium

Question 9

Ischi/o

Answer 9

Ischium

Question 10

Lumb/o

Answer 10

Loin or lumbar region of the spine

Question 11

Mandibul/o

Answer 11

Mandible (lower jawbone)

Question 12

Maxill/o

Answer 12

Maxilla (lower jaw bone)

Question 13

Patell/o

Answer 13

Patella (kneecap)

Question 14

Pelv/i, pelv/o

Answer 14

Pelvis, pelvic bone

Question 15

Phalang/o

Answer 15

Phalanges (finger or toe bones)

Question 16

Pub/o

Answer 16

Pubis

Question 17

Rachi/o

Answer 17

Spine, vertebral column

Question 18

Radi/o

Answer 18

Radius (lower arm bone)

Question 19

Sacr/o

Answer 19

Sacrum

Question 20

Scapul/o

Answer 20

Scapula

Question 21

Spondyl/o

Answer 21

Vertebra

Question 22

Vetebr/o

Answer 22

Vertebra

Question 23

Stern/o

Answer 23

Sternum (breastbone)

Question 24

Tars/o

Answer 24

Tarsals (ankle bones)

Question 25

Tibi/o

Answer 25

Tibia (lower leg bone)

Question 26

Uln/o

Answer 26

Ulna (lower arm bone)

Question 27

Aponeur/o

Answer 27

Aponeurosis (like plantar or bicopital aponeurosis)

Question 28

Arthr/o

Answer 28

Joint

Question 29

Burs/o

Answer 29

Bursa (cavity)

Question 30

Chondr/o

Answer 30

Cartilage

Question 31

Disk/o

Answer 31

Intervertebral disk

Question 32

Menisc/o

Answer 32

Meniscus (crescent) (cuz menisci are shaped like crescents in the knee)

Question 33

Synovi/o

Answer 33

Synovia, synovial membrane

Question 34

Ten/o

Answer 34

Tendon

Question 35

Tend/o, tendin/o

Answer 35

Tendon

Question 36

Ankyl/o

Answer 36

Crooked, stiff, bent (think of question mark disease)

Question 37

Kinesi/o

Answer 37

Movement, motion

Question 38

Kyph/o

Answer 38

Hump

Question 39

Lamin/o

Answer 39

Lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)

Question 40

Lord/o

Answer 40

Bent forward

Question 41

Myel/o

Answer 41

Bone marrow (also means spinal cord)

Question 42

My/o

Answer 42

Muscle

Question 43

Myos/o

Answer 43

Muscle

Question 44

Oste/o

Answer 44

Bone

Question 45

Petr/o

Answer 45

Stone (like petrified wood is hard as stone)

Question 46

Scoli/o

Answer 46

Crooked, curved