TABLE 3.2 Key Musculoskeletal System Combining Forms

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arthr/o

joint

auricul/o

ear

burs/o

sac

calcane/o

heel

carp/o

wrist

cervic/o

neck; cervix

cheil/o

lip

chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

dactyl/o

digit, finger, toe

dentin/o

teeth

duct/o

to bring; duct

extens/o

to stretch out

femor/o

femur

flex/o

to bend

gnath/o

jaw, mandible

kyph/o

hump

lord/o

curve

lumb/o

lower back

maxill/o

maxilla, upper jaw

metacarp/o

metacarpals, hand bones

muscul/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

ophthalm/o

eye

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

palat/o

palate

phalang/o

phalange, finger, toe

rhabdomy/o

skeletal muscle

rheumat/o

watery flow

roentgen/o

unit of X-ray exposure

rotat/o

rotation

sacr/o

sacrum

scoli/o

crooked

spondyl/o

vertebra

stomat/o

mouth

tend/o

tendon

ten/o

tendon

tendin/o

tendon

vertebr/o

vertebra