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Musculoskeletal
Term | Definition |
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fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and seperating muscles) |
fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
muscul/o my/o | muscles |
ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendon |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness,debility |
-pathy | disease |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-tomy | incision |
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* vetebr/o* | veterbra (backbone) |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
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 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 |
arthtr/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartilage |
lamin/o | lamina (part of the vetebral arch) |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
-clast | to break; surgical fracture |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding, fixation, (of a bone or joint) |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | growth |
-poresis | porous |