Combining Forms (Ch 15) Flashcards
1
Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabulum (hip socket)
2
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiff
3
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
4
Q
articul/o
A
joint
5
Q
burs/o
A
bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
6
Q
calc/o
A
calcium
7
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneus (heel bone)
8
Q
calci/o
A
calcium
9
Q
carp/o
A
wrist bones (carpals)
10
Q
cervic/o
A
neck; cervix (neck of uterus)
11
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
12
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collar bone)
13
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx (tailbone)
14
Q
cost/o
A
rib
15
Q
crani/o
A
skull
16
Q
fasci/o
A
fascia (membrane supporting muscles)
17
Q
femor/o
A
femur (thigh bone)
18
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
19
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula
20
Q
humer/o
A
humerus (upper arm bone)
21
Q
ili/o
A
ilium
22
Q
ischi/o
A
ischium (part of hip bone)
23
Q
kyph/o
A
humpback
24
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina (part of vertebral arch)
25
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
26
ligament/o
ligament
27
lord/o
curve; swayback
28
lumb/o
lower back; loin
29
malleol/o
malleolus
30
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
31
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
32
metacarp/o
matacarpals (hand bones)
33
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
34
my/o
muscle
35
myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
36
myocardi/o
myocardium (heart muscle)
37
myos/o
muscle
38
olecran/o
olecranon (elbow)
39
orth/o
straight
40
oste/o
bone
41
patell/o
patella
42
ped/o
child; foot
43
pelv/o
pelvis; hip region
44
phalang/o
phalanges (of fingers and toes)
45
plant/o
sole of the foot
46
pub/o
pubis (anterior part of hip bone)
47
radi/o
x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
48
rhabdomy/o
striated (skeletal) muscle
49
rheumat/o
watery flow
50
sacr/o
sacrum
51
scapul/o
scapula; shoulder blade
52
scoli/o
crooked; bent
53
spondyl/o
vertebra (backbone)
54
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
55
synov/o
synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon
56
tars/o
tarsus; hindfoot or ankle
57
ten/o
tendon
58
tendin/o
tendon
59
thorac/o
chest
60
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
61
uln/o
ulna (medial lower arm bone)
62
vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
