Skeletal System - Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
acetabul/o
A
hip socket
2
Q
ankyl/o
A
crooked, bent, or stiff
3
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
4
Q
articul/o
A
joint
5
Q
burs/o
A
fluid sac, bag
6
Q
calc/o, calci/o
A
calcium
7
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneus, or heel bone
8
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
9
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
10
Q
cost/o
A
rib
11
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle
12
Q
crani/o
A
skull
13
Q
fasci/o
A
fascia, or layer of fibrous tissue
14
Q
femor/o
A
femur
15
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber, fibrous tissue
16
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula
17
Q
humer/o
A
humerus
18
Q
ili/o
A
illium
19
Q
isch/o
A
ischium
20
Q
kyph/o
A
bent spine
21
Q
lamin/o
A
vertebral arch
22
Q
leiomy/o
A
smooth muscle
23
Q
ligament/o
A
ligament
24
Q
lord/o
A
increased concavity of spine
25
lumb/o
lumbar region of spine
26
malleol/o
malleolus
27
mandibul/o
mandible
28
maxill/o
upper jawbone
29
metacarp/o
bony part of hand
30
metatars/o
bones of foot
31
my/o
muscle
32
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
33
myocardi/o
cardiac muscle
34
myos/o
muscle
35
olecran/o
olecranon, elbow
36
orth/o
straight
37
oste/o
bone
38
patell/o
patella
39
pelv/i
pelvis
40
perone/o
fibula or mouth
41
phalang/o
bones of finger or hands
42
plant/o
sole of the foot
43
pub/o
anterior part of the hip bone
44
radi/o
x-ray
45
rhabdomy/o
skeletal muscle
46
rheumat/o
discharge, flow, joint
47
sarc/o
flesh
48
scapul/o
scapula
49
scoli/o
crooked, curved
50
spondyl/o
vertebrae
51
stern/o
sternum
52
synov/o
synovial
53
tars/o
ankle bones
54
ten/o
tendon
55
tendin/o
tendon
56
tibi/o
tibia
57
uln/o
ulna
58
vertebr/o
vertebrae
