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musculoskeletal
Term | Definition |
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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 (hand bones) |
phalang/o | phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone) |
vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
calcane/o | calcaneum (heelbone) |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fibila (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) |
ankly/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
chindr/o | cartilage |
lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
myel/o | bone marrow;spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
-clast | to break; surgical frature |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding, fiaxation (of a bone or joint) |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | growth |
-porosis | porous |
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 |
my/o | muscle |
ten/o | tendon |
tend/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-pathy | disease |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhapthy | suture |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-tomy | incisioin |
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 |
dorsiflexion | elevates the foot |
plantar flexion | lowers the foot (points the toes) |