Combining Forms
Cancers
Joints
Muscle Types
Misc.
100
The combining form "thorac/o" refers to this area of the body.
What is the chest?
100
Although not usually malignant, a rhabdomyoma is a tumor of this type of muscle.
What is striated muscle?
100

The name for a surgical repair of a joint.

What is arthroplasty?

100

The combining form rhabd/o refers to this type of muscle.

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100
The medical term for "humpback".
What is kyphosis?
200
The combining form "crani/o" refers to this part of the skeleton.
What is the cranium?
200
Myeloma is a cancer that originates in this part of the bone.
What is the marrow?
200

Hydrarthrosis is the accumulation of this within a joint cavity.

What is watery fluid?

200
Another name for involuntary muscle.
What is smooth muscle?
200
The medical term for "swayback".
What is lordosis?
300
The combining form "cost/o" refers to this part of the chest.
What is the rib?
300
This malignant tumor arises from the cartilage.
What is a chondrosarcoma?
300
Inflammation of bones and joints.
What is osteoarthritis?
300
The combining form leiomy/o refers to this type of muscle.
What is smooth?
300
The medical term for degeneration of the vertebra and related tissues?
What is spondylosis?
400
The combining form "ili/o" refers to this part of the pelvic girdle.
What is the ilium?
400
This is the general term for any cancer arising from muscle or bone.
What is a sarcoma?
400
The surgical puncture of a joint for removal of fluid.
What is arthrocentesis?
400
This type of muscle is unique to the heart.
What is cardiac?
400
The medical term "cervical" is from Latin meaning this.
What is neck?
500
The combining form "muscul/o refers to this.
What is muscle?
500
This type of sarcoma most often affects boys between the ages of 10 and 20.
What is a Ewing sarcoma?
500
Polyarthritis is the inflammation of how many joints?
What is more than one?
500
This type of muscle is striated.
What is voluntary?
500
Hematopoiesis occurs in this part of bone tissue.
What is bone marrow?
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