Combining Forms
1. Cerebell/o – cerebellum
2. Cerebr/o – cerebrum
3. Dur/o – Dura Meter
4. Encephal/o – brain
5. mening/o – membrane
6. myel/o – spinal cord, bone marrow
7. neur/o – nerve
8. poli/o – gray matter
9. psych/o – mind
Prefix
1. Hemi- half
2. Tetra- four
Combining Forms
1. ankyl/o – stiff
2. arthr/o – joint
3. bucc/o – cheek
4. burs/o – bursa
5. calc/o – calcium
6. carp/o – wrist
7. cervic/o – neck
8. chondr/o – cartilage
9. cost/o – rib
10.crani/o – cranium (skull)
11.dors/o – back
12.fasci/o – band of fibrous tissue
13.fibr/o – fiber
14.kyph/o – hump
15.lamin/o – lamina
16.lei/o – smooth muscle
17.lord/o – curve
18.my/o – muscle
19.myos/o – muscle
20.oste/o – bone
21.pector/o – chest
22.rhabd/o – striated, skeletal muscle
23.spondyl/o – vertebra
24.synov/i – synovia
25.ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o – tendon
Suffixes
1. – asthenia weakness
2. – clasia breaking
3. – desis binding
4. – physis growth
5. – schisis splitting
6. – trophy development
Abbreviations
C1, C2….. to C7 (individual cervical vertebrae) 1st to 7th
Ca calcium
CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
EMG Electromyography
fx fracture
ortho orthopedics
ROM range of motion
SLE Symtemic Lupus Erythematosus
1. GI – gastrointestinal
2. BX – biopsy
3. ACLS – advance cardiac life support
4. WNL – within normal limits
5. NKDA – no known drug allergies
6. PC – after eating
7.LMP – last menstrual period
8. PTT – partial thromboplastin time
9. UA – urinalysis
10. TSH – thyroid stimulating hormone
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