Musculoskeletal System Combining Forms, Chapter 15

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Chapter 15, M usculosk


 
  
Created Dec 28, 2009
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1
calc/o, calci/o
 
calcium
2
kyph/o
 
humpback, hunchback
3
lamin/o
 
lamina
4
lord/o
 
curve, swayback
5
lumb/o
 
loins, lower back
6
myel/o
 
bone marrow
7
orth/o
 
straight
8
oste/o
 
bone
9
scoli/o
 
crooked, bent
10
spondyl/o
 
vertebra
11
vertebr/o
 
vertebra
12
-blast
 
embroyonic or immature cell
13
-clast
 
to break
14
-listhesis
 
slipping
15
-malacia
 
softening
16
-physis
 
to grow
17
- porosis
 
pore, passage
18
-tome
 
instrument to cut
19
acetabul/o
 
acetabulum
20
calcane/o
 
calcaneus
21
carp/o
 
carpals
22
clavicul/o
 
clavicle
23
cost/o
 
ribs
24
crani/o
 
cranium
25
femor/o
 
femur
26
fibul/o
 
fibula
27
humer/o
 
humerus
28
ili/o
 
ilium
29
ischi/o
 
malleol/o
30
mandibul/o
 
mandible
31
maxill/o
 
maxilla
32
metacarp/o
 
metacarpals
33
metatars/o
 
metatarsals
34
olecran/o
 
olecranon
35
patell/o
 
patella
36
pelv/i
 
pelvis
37
perone/o
 
fibula
38
phalang/o
 
phalanges
39
pub/o
 
pubis
40
radi/o
 
radius
41
scapul/o
 
scapula
42
stern/o
 
sternum
43
tars/o
 
tarsals
44
tibi/o
 
tibia
45
uln/o
 
ulna
46
ankyl/o
 
stiff
47
arthr/o
 
joint
48
articul/o
 
joint
49
burs/o
 
bursa
50
chondr/o
 
cartilage
51
ligament/o
 
ligament
52
rheumat/o
 
water flow
53
synov/o
 
synovial membrane
54
ten/o
 
tendon
55
tendin/o
 
tendon
56
-desis
 
to bind, tie together
57
- stenosis
 
narrowing
58
fasci/o
 
fascia
59
fibr/o
 
fibrous connective tissue
60
leiomy/o
 
smooth muscle that lines the walls of internal organs
61
my/o
 
muscle
62
myocardi/o
 
heart muscle
63
myos/o
 
muscle
64
plant/o
 
sole of the foot
65
rhabdomy/o
 
skeletal muscle connected to bones
66
-asthenia
 
lack of strength
67
- trophy
 
development, nourishment
68
ab-
 
away from
69
ad-
 
toward
70
dorsi-
 
back
71
poly-
 
many, much

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