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Stack #170954
Musculoskeletal System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| appendage | any body part attached to a main structure |
| articulation | place of union between two or more bones; also called joint |
| arthritis | inflammation of a joint; usually accompanied by pain, swelling and, commonly, changes in structure |
| cruciate ligaments | ligaments that cross each other forming an X within the notch between the femoral condyles |
| hematopoiesis | production and development of blood cells, normally in the bone marrow |
| meatus | an opening or passage through any part of the body |
| ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| kyph/o | hill, mountain |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| ped/oped/i | foot; child |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| thorac/o | chest |
| acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
| brachi/o | arm |
| calcane/o | calcaneum ( heel bone) |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist one) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| dactyl/o | fngers; toes |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller bone of lower leg) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bone) |
| metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bone) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pod/o | foot |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
| pub/o | pelvis bone (anterior part of pelvic bone) |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
| spondyl/overtebr/o | verebrae (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger bone of lower leg) |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| muscul/omy/o | muscle |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped (striated) muscle |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| fasi/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separationg muscles) |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| ten/otend/otendin/o | tendon |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -clasia-clast | to break; surgical fracture |
| -desis | binding,fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | growth |
| -porosis | porous |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| a- | without, not |
| sub- | under, below |
| supra- | above; excessive; superior |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| ankylosis | stiffening and immobility of a joint as a result of diease, trauma, surgery, or abnormal bone fusion |
| carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) | painful condition resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel (wrist canal through which the flexor tendons and median nerve pass) |
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