FINAL - Combining forms master (by term) Flashcards
ankyl/o
combining form for stiffness, can also mean bent or crooked
arthr/o
combining form of “joint”
kyph/o
combining form of “humpback”
lamin/o
combining form of “lamina,” the part of the vertibral arch
lord/o
combining form of “curve” or “swayback”
myel/o
combining form of either “bone marrow” or “spinal cord” depending on the context
orth/o
combining form of “straight”
oste/o
combining form of “bone”
ped/o
combining form of “foot” and also “child”
scoli/o
combining form of “crooked” or “bent”
thorac/o
combining form of “chest”
acromi/o
combining form of “acromion” which is a projection of the scapula
brachi/o
combining form of “arm”
calcane/o
combining form of “calcaneum” which is the heel bone
carp/o
combining form of “carpus” which is the wrist bone
cephal/o
combining form of “head”
cervic/o
combining form of “neck” but also the cervix as well
clavicul/o
combining form of “clavicle” or collar bone
cost/o
combining form of “ribs”
crani/o
combining form of “skull”
dactyl/o
combining form of “fingers” or “toes”
femor/o
combining form of “femur”
fibul/o
combining form of “fibula”
humer/o
combining form of “humerus”
ili/o
combining form of “ilium” which is the flaring portion of the hip bone
ischi/o
combining form of “ischium” which is the lower portion of the hip bone
lumb/o
combining form of “loins” though specifically the lower back portion
metacarp/o
combining form of “metacarpus” or the hand bones
metatars/o
combining form of “metatarsus” or the foot bones
patell/o
combining form of “patella” or kneecap
pelv/i
combining form of “pelvis”
phalang/o
combining form of “phalanges” or finger bones
pod/o
combining form of “foot”
pub/o
combining form of “pelvis bone”
radi/o
combining form of “radiation”
spondyl/o
one of two combining forms of “vertebrae”
vertebr/o
one of two combining forms of “vertebrae”
stern/o
combining form of “sternum”
tibi/o
combining form of “tibia”
leiomy/o
combining form of “smooth muscle”
muscul/o
one of two combining form of “muscle”
my/o
one of two combining forms of “muscle”
rhabd/o
combining form of “rod-shaped” or striated
rhabdomy/o
combining form of “rod shaped striated muscle”
chrond/o
combining form of “cartilage”
fasci/o
combining form of “band” or “fascia”
fibr/o
combining form of “fiber” or “fibrous tissue”
synov/o
combining form of “synovial membrane” or “synovial fluid”
ten/o
one of three combining forms of “tendon”
tend/o
one of three combining forms of “tendon”
tendin/o
one of three combining forms of “tendon”
albumin/o
combining form of “albumin” or “protein”
azot/o
combining form of “nitrogenous compounds”
bacteri/o
combining form of “bacteria”
cyst/o
one of two combining forms of “bladder”
vesic/o
one of two combining forms of “bladder”
