skeletl word parts

Prefixes

a- (absence of, without)

ab- (away from)

ad- (towards)

brady- (slow)

dys- (painful, difficult, abnormal, labored)

hyper- (above, excessive)

inter- (between)

intra- (within, in)

poly- (many, much)

sub- (below, under)

supra- (above)

sym- (together, joined)

syn- (together, joined)

Combining Forms

ankyl/o (stiff, bent)

aponeur/o (aponeurosis)

arthr/o (joint)

burs/o (bursa)

carp/o (carpals, wrist)

chondr/o (cartilage)

clavic/o (clavicle, collarbone)

clavicul/o (clavicle, collarbone)

cost/o (ribs)

crani/o (cranium)

disk/o (intervertebral disk)

femor/o (femur, upper leg bone)

fibul/o (fibula, lower leg bone)

humer/o (humerus, upper arm bone)

ili/o (ilium)

ischi/o (ischium)

kinesi/o (movement, motion)

kyph/o (increased convexity of the spine)

lord/o (bent forward, increased concavity of the spine)

lumb/o (loin, lumbar region of the spine)

mandibul/o (mandible, lower jaw bone)

maxill/o (maxilla, upper jaw bone)

menisc/o (meniscus, crescent)

myel/o (marrow [bone], spinal cord)

oste/o (bone)

patell/o (patella, kneecap)

pelv/i (pelvis, pelvic bone)

pelv/o (pelvis, pelvic bone)

petr/o (stone)

phalang/o (phalanges, bones of finger and toes)

pub/o (pubis)

rachi/o (vertebral spine, vertebral column)

radi/o (nerve root)

scapul/o (scapula, shoulder blade)

scoli/o (crooked, curved)

spondyl/o (vertebra, spine, vertebral column)