Chapter 6 ROOTS/COMBINING FORMS Flashcards
1
Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabullum
2
Q
acr/o
A
extremity
3
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiffening, crooked
4
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
5
Q
burs/o
A
a pouch
6
Q
calcan/e
A
heel bone
7
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
8
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
9
Q
cartilagin/o
A
cartilage
10
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
11
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collarbone)
12
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx, tailbone
13
Q
coll/a
A
glue
14
Q
cost/o
A
rib
15
Q
crani/o
A
skull
16
Q
dactyl/o
A
finger or toe
17
Q
femor/o
A
femur
18
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula
19
Q
fixat/o
A
fastened
20
Q
humer/o
A
humerus
21
Q
ili/o
A
ilium
22
Q
isch/i
A
hip
23
Q
kyph/o
A
a hump
24
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina (thin plate)
25
lord/o
bending, curve, swayback
26
lumb/o
loin, lower back
27
mandibul/o
lower jawbone
28
maxill/o
jawbone
29
menisc/i
crescent
30
myel/o
bone marrow
31
oste/o
bone
32
patell/o
kneecap
33
ped/o
foot
34
phalang.e
phalanges (finger/toe bones)
35
rach/i
spine
36
rad/i
radius
37
rad/o
x-ray
38
rheumat/o
discharge
39
sacr/o
sacrum
40
sarc/o
flesh
41
scapul/o
shoulder blade
42
scoli/o
curvature
43
spin/o
spine
44
spondyl/o
vertebra
45
stern/o
sternum
46
tendon/o
tendon
47
tibi/o
tibia
48
tract/o
to draw
49
uln/o
ulna, elbow
50
vertebr/o
vertebra
51
xiph/o
sword
