TLM chap 15 Musculoskeletal combining form

acetabul/o

acetabulum (hip socket)

ankyl/o

stiff

articul/o, arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa (sac of fluid near joints)

calcane/o

calcaneus (heel bone)

carp/o

wrist bones (carpals)

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle (collar bone)

coccyg/o

coccyx (tailbone)

cost/o

rib

fasci/o

fascia (membrane supporting muscles)

femor/o

femur (thigh bone)

humer/o

humerus (upper arm bone)

ischi/o

ischium (part of hip bone)

kyph/o

humpback

lamin/o

lamina (part of vertebral arch)

leiomy/o

smooth (visceral) muscle

lord/o

curve; swayback

lumb/o

lower back; loin

mandibul/o

mandible (lower jaw bone)

maxill/o

maxilla (upper jaw bone)

metacarp/o

metacarpals (hand bones)

metatars/o

metatarsals (foot bones)

myos/o

muscle

olecran/o

olecranon (elbow)

ped/o

child; foot

pelv/i

pelvis; hip region

perone/o

fibula

phalang/o

phalanges (of fingers and toes)

plant/o

sole of the foot

pub/o

pubis (anterior part of hip bone)

rhabdomy/o

striated (skeletal muscle)

rheumat/o

watery flow

scapul/o

scapula; shoulder blade

scoli/o

crooked; bent

spondyl/o

vertebra (backbone)

stern/o

sternum (breastbone)

synov/o

synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon

tars/o

tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones between the foot and the leg)

tibi/o

tibia (shin bone)

uln/o

ulna (medial lower arm bone)

-asthenia

lack of strength

-blast

embryonic; immature cell

-clast

to break

-desis

bind, tie together

-listhesis

slipping

-porosis

condition of pores (spaces)

-tome

instrument to cut

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

sym-

together; with

clubfoot

talipes