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Musculoskeletal
Term | Definition |
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fasci/o | band,fascia |
fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
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 |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of the 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 palms down |
supination | turns the palms 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 |
carp/o | carpus(wrist bones) |
cervic/o | neck;cervix |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium |
humer/o | humerus |
metacarp/o | metacarpus |
phalang/o | phalanges |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum |
calcane/o | calcaneum |
femor/o | femur |
fibul/o | fibula |
patell/o | patella |
pelv/i | patella |
pelv/o | patella |
radi/o | radiation; X-ray; radius |
tibi/o | tibia |
ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartilage |
lamin/o | lamina |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
-clast | to break ; surgical fracture |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | growth |
-porosis | porous |