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SSCT Med Tem Chap 15
SSCT Medical Terminology Web3 Chapters 15 & Abbreviations
Question | Answer |
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C1, C2, etc | cervical vertebrae |
Ca | calcium |
EMG | electromyography |
Fx | fracture |
IM | intramuscular |
inj | injection |
jt | joint |
L1, L2, etc | lumbar vertebra 1, lumbar vertebra 2, etc |
Ortho. | orthopedics |
ROM | range of motion |
T1, T2, etc | thoracic vertebra 1, thoracic vertebra 2, etc |
fasci/o | fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles) |
fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
my/o | muscle |
myocardi/o | heart muscle |
myos/o | muscle |
plant/o | sole of the foot |
rhabdomy/o | skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
-asthenia | lack of strength |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
lumb/o | loins, lower back |
myel/o | bone marrow |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
scoli/o | crooked, bent (lateral curvature) |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
-blast | embryonic or immature cell |
-clast | to break |
-listhesis | slipping |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | to grow |
-porosis | pore, passage |
-tome | instrument to cut |
acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
calcane/o | calcaneus (heel) |
carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
cost/o | ribs (true ribs, false ribs and floating ribs) |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
humer/o | humerous (upper arm bone) |
ili/o | ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
ischi/o | ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone) |
malleol/o | malleolus (process on each side of the ankle) |
mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
pelv/i | pelvis (hipbone) |
perone/o | fibula |
phalang/o | phalanges (finger and/or toe bones) |
pub/o | pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
radi/o | radius (lower arm bone - thumb side) |
scapul/o | spapula (shoulder blade) |
stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
tars/o | tarsals (bones of the hindfoot) |
tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone - little finger side) |
ankyl/o | stiff |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joint |
burs/o | bursa |
chondr/o | cartilage |
ligament/o | ligament |
rheumat/o | watery flow |
synov/o | synovial membrane |
ten/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
-desis | to bind, tie together |
-stenosis | narrowing |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
dorsi- | back |
poly- | many, much |
calc/o | calcium |
calci/o | calcium |
kyph/o | humpback, hunchback |
lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
lord/o | curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region) |