LOM Chapt 15 Combining Forms Musculoskeletal
Terms
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- acetabul/o
- acetabulum
- ankyl/o
- stiff
- articul/o
- joint
- burs/o
- bursa
-
calc/o
calci/o - calcium
- calcane/o
- calcaneus (heel bone)
- carp/o
- carpals (wrist bones)
- chir/o
- hand
- clavicul/o
- clavicle
- crani/o
- cranium, skull
- equin/o
- horse
- ethm/o
- sieve
- fasci/o
- fascia
- femor/o
- femur
- fibr/o
- fibrous connective tissue
- fibul/o
- fibula
- humer/o
- humerus
- isch/o
- to hold back; back
- ischi/o
- ischium (posterior part of the pelvis)
- kyph/o
- humpback (posterior curvature in thoracic region)
- lacrim/o
- tears
- lamin/o
- lamina (part of vertebral arch)
- leiomy/o
- smooth (visceral) muscle that lines walls of internal organs
- ligament/o
- ligament
- lord/o
- curve, swayback (anterior curvature in lumbar region)
- malleol/o
- malleolus (process on each side of ankle)
- maxill/o
- maxilla
- ment/o
- chin
- metacarp/o
- metacarpals (hand bones)
- metatars/o
- metatarsals (foot bones)
- myocardi/o
- heart muscle
- myos/o
- muscle
- nas/o
- nose
- olecran/o
- olecranon (elbow)
- om/o
- shoulder
- ov/o
- egg
- patell/o
- patella
- pelv/i
- pelvis (hip bone)
- perone/o
- fibula
- phalang/o
- phalanges (fingers and toes)
- plant/o
- sole of the foot
- pod/o
- foot
- radi/o
- x-rays; radioactivity; radius
- rhabdomy/o
- skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones
- rheumat/o
- watery flow
- scapul/o
- scapula (shoulder bone)
- scoli/o
- crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
- sphen/o
- wedge
- spondyl/o
- vertebra (used to make words about conditions of the structure)
- stern/o
- sternum
- styl/o
- pole or stake
- synov/o
- synovial membrane
- tars/o
- tarsals (bones of hind foot)
-
ten/o
tendin/o - tendon
- tibi/o
- tibia
- uln/o
- ulna
- xiph/o
- sword