Combining Forms Chapter 2

Question 1

acr/o

Answer 1

Extremities

Question 2

ankyl/o

Answer 2

Crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

Question 3

brachi/o

Answer 3

Arm

Question 4

burs/o

Answer 4

Bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

Question 5

carp/o

Answer 5

Wrist

Question 6

cervic/o

Answer 6

Neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

Question 7

chir/o

Answer 7

Hand

Question 8

chondr/o

Answer 8

Cartilage

Question 9

cost/o

Answer 9

Rib

Question 10

crani/o

Answer 10

Skull

Question 11

kyph/o

Answer 11

Humpback

Question 12

lord/o

Answer 12

Curve; swayback

Question 13

lumb/o

Answer 13

Lumbar region; loin

Question 14

lux/o

Answer 14

Slide

Question 15

myel/o

Answer 15

Bone marrow; spinal cord

Question 16

narc/o

Answer 16

Numbness; sleep; stupor

Question 17

orth/o

Answer 17

Straight

Question 18

oste/o

Answer 18

Bone

Question 19

ped/o

Answer 19

Foot; child

Question 20

pod/o

Answer 20

Foot

Question 21

pyret/o

Answer 21

Fever

Question 22

rachi/o

Answer 22

Spine; vertebra

Question 23

rheumat/o

Answer 23

Watery flow

Question 24

sacr/o

Answer 24

Sacrum

Question 25

Sarc/o

Answer 25

Flesh; connective tissue

Question 26

scoli/o

Answer 26

Crooked; bent

Question 27

spondyl/o

Answer 27

Vertebra; backbone

Question 28

ster/o

Answer 28

Solid structure; steroid

Question 29

synovi/o

Answer 29

Lubricating fluid of joints

Question 30

tars/o

Answer 30

Ankle

Question 31

ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

Answer 31

Tendon

Question 32

arthr/o

Answer 32

Joint