Cephalo- is the medical terminology combining form meaning head.Cephal- is the medical term meaning head. -cep is a related term meaning the head of a muscle, not the head on top of your neck.
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heelboneCalcane/o
The medical terminology combining form for both bone marrow and spinal cord is myel/o, as in osteomyelitis or myelogram
The medical term for inflammation of bone is osteitis.
To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts., Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart., To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
The ilium is one of the three bones that form the coxal bone. ''Iliac'' is an adjective meaning ''relative to the ilium''. Thus the iliac bone is the same as the ilium.
The scapula, or shoulder blade, is the largest bone of the shoulder complex.
Osteomyelitis is the medical term meaning infection of bone and marrow.
osteoblasts. osteo meaning bone and blast meaning to create
The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.
An avulsion fracture is the term meaning tearing a bone.