Combing Forms Flashcards
1
Q
Carp/o
A
Carpals (wrist bones)
2
Q
Clavic/o, clavicul/o
A
Clavicle
3
Q
Cost/o
A
Rib
4
Q
Crani/o
A
Cranium (skull)
5
Q
Femor/o
A
Femur (upper leg bone)
6
Q
Fibul/o
A
Fibula (lower leg bone)
7
Q
Humer/o
A
Humerous (upper arm bone)
8
Q
Ili/o
A
Ilium
9
Q
Ischi/o
A
Ischium
10
Q
Lumb/o
A
Loin or lumbar region of the spine
11
Q
Mandibul/o
A
Mandible (lower jawbone)
12
Q
Maxill/o
A
Maxilla (lower jaw bone)
13
Q
Patell/o
A
Patella (kneecap)
14
Q
Pelv/i, pelv/o
A
Pelvis, pelvic bone
15
Q
Phalang/o
A
Phalanges (finger or toe bones)
16
Q
Pub/o
A
Pubis
17
Q
Rachi/o
A
Spine, vertebral column
18
Q
Radi/o
A
Radius (lower arm bone)
19
Q
Sacr/o
A
Sacrum
20
Q
Scapul/o
A
Scapula
21
Q
Spondyl/o
A
Vertebra
22
Q
Vetebr/o
A
Vertebra
23
Q
Stern/o
A
Sternum (breastbone)
24
Q
Tars/o
A
Tarsals (ankle bones)
25
Tibi/o
Tibia (lower leg bone)
26
Uln/o
Ulna (lower arm bone)
27
Aponeur/o
Aponeurosis (like plantar or bicopital aponeurosis)
28
Arthr/o
Joint
29
Burs/o
Bursa (cavity)
30
Chondr/o
Cartilage
31
Disk/o
Intervertebral disk
32
Menisc/o
Meniscus (crescent) (cuz menisci are shaped like crescents in the knee)
33
Synovi/o
Synovia, synovial membrane
34
Ten/o
Tendon
35
Tend/o, tendin/o
Tendon
36
Ankyl/o
Crooked, stiff, bent (think of question mark disease)
37
Kinesi/o
Movement, motion
38
Kyph/o
Hump
39
Lamin/o
Lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)
40
Lord/o
Bent forward
41
Myel/o
Bone marrow (also means spinal cord)
42
My/o
Muscle
43
Myos/o
Muscle
44
Oste/o
Bone
45
Petr/o
Stone (like petrified wood is hard as stone)
46
Scoli/o
Crooked, curved
