Skeletal System Combining Forms
Skeletal Terms
Muscular System Combining Forms
Muscular Terms
Suffixes
100
What is the combining form that means "metatarsus?"
What is "metatars/o."
100
This term means "immature bone cells."
What is "Osteoblasts."
100
What combining form means "life?"
What is "bi/o."
100
_____ muscles are the muscles under the control of the subconscious regions of the brain.
What are "involuntary."
100
What does the suffix "-blast" mean?
What is "immature."
200
What is the combining form that means "foot?"
What is "pod/o."
200
The _____ is a large, rough process that provides the attachment of tendons and muscles.
What is "tuberosity."
200
What combining form means "flesh?"
What is "sarc/o."
200
Another name for cardiac muscle is _____.
What is "myocardium."
200
What does the suffix "-listhesis" mean?
What is "slipping."
300
What is the combining form that means "bent backward?"
What is "lord/o."
300
A _____ is a hollow cavity within a bone.
What is "sinus."
300
What combining form means "my/o?"
What is "muscle."
300
_____ is the backward bending of the foot.
What is "dorsiflexion."
300
What does the suffix "-algia" mean?
What is "pain."
400
What is the combining form that means "crooked."
What is "scoli/o."
400
The human skeleton has two divisions. What are they?
What are "axial" and "appendicular" skeletons.
400
What combining form means "fibrous brand?"
What is "fasci/o."
400
_____ is the motion toward the body.
What is "adduction."
400
What does the suffix "-malacia" mean?
What is "abnormal softening."
500
What is the combining form that means "rib?"
What is "cost/o."
500
What term means "something that encircles or confines, and it refers to the entire bony structure of the shoulder and pelvis?
What is "girdle."
500
What combining form means "movement?"
What is "kinesi/o."
500
Moving the thumb away from the palm is called _____.
What is "opposition."
500
What does the suffix "-tome" mean?
What is "an instrument to cut."
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