Chapter 15 - Musculoskeletal System - Combining Forms

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Created Jul 11, 2012
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calc/ocalci/o
 
calcium
2
kyph/o
 
humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
3
lamin/o
 
lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
4
lord/o
 
curve, swayback(anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
5
lumb/o
 
loins, lower back
6
myel/o
 
bone marrow
7
orth/o
 
straight
8
osteo/o
 
bone
9
scoli/o
 
crooked, bent(lateral curvature)
10
spondyl/o(used to make words about conditions of the structure)
 
vertebra
11
vertebr/o
 
vertebra
12
-blast
 
embryonic, immature
13
-clast
 
to break
14
-listhesis
 
slipping
15
-malacia
 
softening

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