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CMA Med Terms- XI
Med Terms- Skeletal System for CMA
Question | Answer |
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OSS/E, OSS/I, OSTE/O OST/O | BONES |
MYEL/O (ASLO MEANS SPINAL CORD) | BONE MARROW |
CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
ARTHR/O | JOINTS |
LIGAMENT/O | LIGAMENTS |
SYNOVI/O, SYNOV/O | SYNOVIAL FLUID |
BURS/O | BURSA |
CRANIUM | ENCLOSES THE BRAIN |
THORACIC CAVITY (RIB CAGE) | RIBS, STERNUM, THORACIC VERVRATE |
STERNUM | BREASTBONE |
PECTORIAL GIRDLE | SHOULDER GIRDLE |
CLAVICLE | COLLAR BONE |
SCAPULA | SHOLDER BLADE |
RADIUS | SMALL BONE OF THE FOREARM |
ULNA | LARGE BONE OF THE FOREARM |
OLECRANON PROCESS | FUNNY BONE |
HUMEROUS | BONE OF THE UPPER ARM |
CARPALS | 16 BONES THAT FORM THE WRIST |
METACARPALS | 10 BEONES THAT FORM THE PALMS OF THE HAND |
PHALANGES, PHALANX | 28 BONES OF THE FINGERS OR FEET |
DISTAL | OUTERMOST BONE IN THE FINGER |
MEDIAL | MIDDLE BONE IN THE FINGER |
PROXIMAL | BONE NEAREST TO THE HAND OF THE FINGER |
SACRUM | SLIGHTLY CURVED, TRIANGULAR-SHAPED BONE NEAR THE BASE OF THE SPINE |
COCCYX | TAILBONE |
FEMUR | THIGH BONE |
PATELLA | BONY ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE KNEECAP |
POPLITEAL | POSTERIOR SURFACE OF THE KEE (USE TO DESCRIBE LEGAMENTS, VESSELS, MUSCLES IN THIS AREA) |
ACL (ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT) | MAKE MOVEMENTS IN THE KNEE POSSIBLE(CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS) |
PCL (POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT) | MAKE MOVEMENTS IN THE KNEE POSSIBLE(CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS) |
TIBIA | SHINBONE- LARGER WEIGHT-BARING BONE IN THE ANTERIOR OF THE LOWER LEG |
FIBULA | SMALLER OF THE TWO BONES OF THE LOWER LEG |
TARSALS | 5 BONES THAT MAKE UP THE ANKLES |
MATATARSALS | 5 BONES FROM THE FRONT PART OF THE FOOT TO WHICH THE TOES ARE ATTACHED |
LUMB | LUMBAR |
-ANGO | DISEASE CONDITION |
SPINA | PERTAINING TO THE SPINE |
BIFIDA | SPLIT |
-OMA | TUMOR |
POR | SMALL OPENING |
FRACTURE | BROKEN BONE |
CLOSED, SIMPLE, COMPLETE FRACTURE | BONE IS BROKEN WITH NO OPEN WOUND IN THE SKIN |
OPEN, COMPUND FRACTURE | BONE IS BROKEN AND THERE IS AN OPEN WOUND IN THE SKIN |
GREENSTICK, INCOMPLETE FRACTURE | BONE IS BENT AND ONLY PARTIALLY BROKEN |
OBLIQUE FRACTURE | OCCURS AT AN ANGEL ACROSS THE BONE |