Chapter 15 - Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
calc/o, calci/o
A
calcium
2
Q
kyph/o
A
humpback, hunchback
3
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina
4
Q
lord/o
A
curve, swayback
5
Q
lumb/o
A
loins, lower back
6
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow, spinal cord
7
Q
ortho/o
A
straight
8
Q
oste/o
A
bone
9
Q
scoli/o
A
crooked, bent
10
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra
11
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebra
12
Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabulum
13
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneus
14
Q
carp/o
A
carpals (wrist bones)
15
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle
16
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
17
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
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
28
olecran/o
olecranon
29
patell/o
patella
30
pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvis
31
phalang/o
phalanx
32
pub/o
pubis
33
radi/o
radius (x-rays, radiation)
34
scapul/o
scapula
35
stern/o
sternum
36
tars/o
tarsals
37
tibi/o
tibia
38
uln/o
ulna
39
fasci/o
fascia
40
fibr/o
fibrous connective tissue
41
leiomy/o
smooth muscle
42
my/o
muscle
43
myocardi/o
heart muscle
44
myos/o
muscle
45
rhabdomy/o
skeletal muscle
46
sarc/o
muscles and flesh (connective tissue)
47
ankyl/o
stiff
48
arthr/o
joint
49
articul/o
joint
50
burs/o
bursa
51
chondr/o
cartilage
52
ligament/o
ligament
53
rheumat/o
watery flow
54
synov/o
synovial membrane
55
ten/o
tendon
56
tendin/o
tendon
