Skeletal Combining Form (Root) Review

acr/o

• extremities

• joint

• arm

• cartilage

ankyl/o

• crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

• humpback

• curve

• numbness; sleep; stupor

arthr/o

• joint

• slide

• wrist

• cartilage

brachi/o

• arm

• hand

• wrist

• slide

burs/o

• bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

• joint

• cartilage

• slide

carp/o

• wrist

• hand

• ankle

• foot

cervic/o

• neck; cervix

• cartilage

• skull

• joint

chir/o

• hand

• wrist

• cartilage

• rib

cost/o

• rib

• skull

• neck

• chest

crani/o

• skull

• arm

• wrist

• ankle