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Musculoskeletal
Term | Definition |
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fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
muscul/o | muscle |
ten/o | tendon |
tend/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-pathy | disease |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhapy | suture |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-tomy | incision |
Flexion | decreases the angle of a joint |
Extension | increases the angle of a joint |
Adduction | moves closer to the midline |
Abduction | moves away from the midline |
Rotation | moves a bone around its axis |
Pronation | turns the palm down |
Supination | turns the palm up |
Eversion | moves the sole of the foot inward |
Inversion | moves the sole of the foot outward |
Plantar flexion | lowers the foot (points the toes) |
carp/o | carpus (wrist bones) |
cervic/o | neck;cervix uteri(neck of the uterus) |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium(skull) |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
metacarp/o | metacarpus |
phalang/o | phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone) |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum (breastbones) |
calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fibula (smaller, outer bone of the lower leg) |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pelv/o | pelvis |
radi/o | radiation,x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side) |
tibi/o | tibia (larger bone of the lower leg) |
ankyl/o | stiffness;bent, crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartilage |
lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
myel/o | bone marrow; soinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
-clast | to break; surgical fracture |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
-malacia | soft |
-physis | growth |
-porosis | porous |
my/o | muscle |
dorsiflexion | elevates the foot |