combining forms

• calc/o

  calcium
• calci/o

  calcium
• kyph/o

  posterior curvature in the thoracic region
• lamin/o

  lamina
• lord/o

  curve
• lumb/o

  loins, lower back
• myel/o

  bone marrow
• orth/o

  straight
• oste/o

  bone
• scoli/o

  crooked
• spondyl/o

  vertebrae
• vertebr/o

  vertebra
• -blast

  embryonic cell
• -clast

  to break
• -listhesis

  slipping
• -physis

  to grow
• -malacia

  softening
• -porosis


  pore, massage
• -tome

  instrument to cut
• acetabul/o

  acetabulum
• calcane/o

  calcaneus
• carp/o

  carpals (wrist bones)
• cost/o

  ribs
• crani/o

  cranium
• femor/o

  femur
• fibul/o

  fibula
• humer/o

  humerus
• ili/o

  ilium
• ischi/o

  ischium
• malleol/o

  malleolus
• mandibul/o

  mandible
• maxill/o

  maxilla
• metacarp/o

  metacarpals (hand bones)
• metatars/o

  metatarsals (foot bones)

  =
• olecran/o

  olecranon
• patell/o

  patella
• pelv/i

  pelvis
• perone/o

  fibula
• phalang/o

  phalangs
• pub/o

  pubis