Combining Forms for Skeletal System Flashcards
1
Q
Ankyl/o
A
crooked, bent, stiff
2
Q
Arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
Burs/o
A
Bursa
4
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
5
Q
cost/o
A
rib
6
Q
Crani/o
A
skull
7
Q
fasci/
A
fascia
8
Q
fibr/o
A
fibrous tissue
9
Q
kyph/o
A
bent, hump
10
Q
muscul/o
A
muscle
11
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow, spinal cord
12
Q
my/o
A
muscle
13
Q
orth/o
A
straight, normal
14
Q
oste/o
A
bone
15
Q
ped/o
A
foot
16
Q
scoli/o
A
curved, bent
17
Q
spondyl/o
A
synovial membrane or fluid
18
Q
ten/o, tendin/o
A
tendon
19
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebra
20
Q
-desis
A
Fixation of a bone or joint, bind together, fuse
21
Q
Ectomy
A
Surgical excision removal
22
Q
-itis
A
Inflammation
23
Q
-listhesis 
A
Slipping
24
Q
-lysis
A
Loosening or setting free
25
-malacia
Abnormal softening
26
-necrosis
Tissue death
27
-oma
Tumor
28
-osis
Condition
29
-penia
Deficiency
30
-plasty
Surgical repair
31
-plegia 
Paralysis
32
-porosis
Porous condition
33
-rrhaphy
Surgical suturing
34
-rrhexis
Rupture
35
-scopy
Visual examination
36
-tomy
Cutting into the organ
