For each combining form, prefix, and suffix below, write its meaning. Then, locate a term from the chapter that uses the word part and its meaning.
Combining Forms Meaning Chapter Term Meaning
1. ankyl/o
2. arthr/o
3. articul/o
4. burs/o
5. carp/o
6. cervic/o
7. chondr/o
8. clavicul/o
9. coccyg/o
10. cortic/o
11. cost/o
12. crani/o
13. femor/o
14. fibul/o
15. humer/o
16. ili/o
17. ischi/o
18. kyph/o
19. lamin/o
20. lord/o
21. lumb/o
22. mandibul/o
23. maxill/o
24. medull/o
25. metacarp/o
26. metatars/o
27. myel/o
28. orth/o
29. oste/o
30. patell/o
31. pector/o
32. ped/o
33. pelv/o
34. phalang/o
35. pod/o
36. prosthet/o
37. pub/o
38. radi/o
39. sacr/o
40. scapul/o
41. scoli/o
42. spin/o
43. spondyl/o
44. stern/o
45. synovi/o
46. synov/o
47. tars/o
48. thorac/o
49. tibi/o
50. uln/o
51. vertebr/o
52. duct/o
53. extens/o
54. fasci/o
55. fibr/o
56. flex/o
57. kinesi/o
58. muscul/o
59. my/o
60. myocardi/o
61. myos/o
62. plant/o
63. rotat/o
64. ten/o
65. tend/o
66. tendin/o
67. vers/o
Suffixes
68. –blast
69. -clasia
70. -desis
71. -listhesis
72. -logic
73. -porosis
74. -asthenia
75. -ion
76. -kinesia
77. -tonia
78. -trophic
Prefixes
79. ab-
80. ad-
81. circum-
82. e-
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1. stiff joint
2. joint
3. joint
4. sac
5. wrist
6. neck
7. cartilage
8. clavicle
9. coccyx
10. outer portion
11. rib
12. skull
13. femur
14. fibula
15. humerus
16. ilium
17. ischium
18. hump
19. lamina, part of vertebra
20. bent backward
21. loin
22. mandible
23. maxilla
24. inner portion
25. metacarpals
26. metatarsals
27. bone marrow
28. straight
29. bone
30. patella
31. chest
32. child, foot
33. pelvis
34. phalanges
35. foot
36. addition
37. pubis
38. radius
39. sacrum
40. scapula
41. crooked, bent
42. spine
43. vertebra
44. sternum
45. synovial membrane
46. synovial membrane
47. ankle
48. chest
49. tibia
50. ulna
51. vertebra
52. to bring
53. to stretch out
54. fibrous band
55. fibers
56. to bend
57. movement
58. muscle
59. muscle
60. heart muscle
61. muscle
62. sole of foot
63. to revolve
64. tendon
65. tendon
66. tendon
67. to turn
Suffixes
68. immature cell
69. to surgically break
70. stabilize, fuse
71. slipping
72. pertaining to the study of
73. porous
74. weakness
75. action, condition
76. movement
77. tone
78. pertaining to development
Prefixes
79. away from
80. toward
81. around
82. outward, without
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