Combining Forms
Combining form for ligament
What is ligament/o
Cartilage
What is specialized form of connective tissue
Cranial
What is toward the head
Connective tissue
What is to support and hold organs and tissues throughout body
Cardiac muscle
What is heart
Combining form for tendon
What is ten/o
Epidermis
What is outermost layer of skin
Caudal
What is toward the tail
Fibrocartilage
What is to attach tendon and ligaments to bone
Skeletal muscle
Combining form for cerebrum
What is cerebr/o
Hypodermis
What is layers of loose connective tissue and fat which sits below dermis
Rostral
What is toward the nose
Blood
What is to carry oxygen and nutrients to cells
Body cavity
What is ribs, thoracic spine and sternum
Combining form for cerebellum
What is cerebell/o
Long bones
Medial
What is toward the midline
Skin
What is to provide protection
Areolar tissue
What is beneath skin, blood vessels, nerves, between connecting organs and between muscle bundles
Combining form for pancreas
CNS
What is central nervous system composed of brain and spinal cord
Proximal
What is toward the body
Axial skeleton
Semimembranosus muscle
What is pelvis to femur and tibia