Chapter 4: Combining Forms, Prefixes, & Suffixes

ankyl/o

stiff joint

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

burs/o

sac

carp/o

carpus, wrist

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle

coccyg/o

coccyx

cortic/o

outer layer/portion

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

femor/o

femur

fibul/o

fibula, fibers

humer/o

humerous

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

kyph/o

hump

lamin/o

lamina (part of vertabra)

lord/o

bent backward

lumb/o

loin (low back between ribs and pelvis)

mandibul/o

mandible

maxil/o

maxilla

medull/o

inner region/portion

menisc/o

meniscus

metacarp/o

metacarpals/metacarpus

metatars/o

metatarsals/metatarsus

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

necr/o

death

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella

pector/o

chest

ped/o

child; foot

pelv/o

pelvis

phalang/o

phalanges

pod/o

foot

prosthest/o

addition

pub/o

pubis

cleid/o

clavicle

extens/o

to stretch out

fasci/o

fibrous band

fibr/o

fibers

flex/o

to bend

kinesi/o

movement

muscul/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

myocardi/o

heart muscle

myos/o

muscle

plant/o

sole of foot

rotat/o

to revolve

ten/o

tendon

tend/o

tendon

tendin/o

tendon

vers/o

to turn

raid/o

radius, ray (x-ray)

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

scapula

scoli/o

crooked, bent

spin/o

spine

spondyl/o

vertebrae

stern/o

sternum

synvi/o

synovial membrane

synov/o

synovial membrane

tars/o

tarsus, ankle

thorac/o

chest

tibi/o

tibia

uln/o

ulna

vascul/o

blood vessel

vertebr/o

vertebra

duct/o

to bring, to lead

-blast

immature

-clasia

to surgically break

-desis

to fuse

-listhesis

slipping

-logic

pertaining to the study of

-porsis

pourous

-asthenia

weakness

-ion

action, condition

-kinesia

movement

-tonia

tone

-trophic

pertaining to development

-clast

broken

-phyte

growth

-cyte

cell

-ous

pertaining to

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

circum-

around

e-

outward, without

-dynia

pain

-oma

tumor

-malacia

abnormal softening

inter-

between

vertebr/o

vertebra