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M.S. Skeltal system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | stiff joint |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | sac |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| cortic/o | outer portion |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lamin/o | lanina, part of vertebra |
| lord/o | bent backwards |
| lumb/o | loin |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| medull/o | inner portion |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| stern/o | sternum |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane |
| synoc/o | synovial membrane |
| tars/o | ankle |
| thorac/o | ankle |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| -blast | immature, embryonic |
| -clasia | to surgically break |
| -desis | stabilize, fuse |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -porosis | porous |
| frontal bone | forehead |
| parietal bone | upper sides of cranium and roof of skull |
| occipital bone | back and base of skull |
| temporal bone | sides and base of cranium |
| sphenoid bone | bat-shaped bone that forms part of the base of the skull, floor, and sides of eye orbit |
| ethmoid bone | forms part of eye orbit, nose, and floor cranium |
| lacrimal bone | inner corner of each eye |
| nasal bone | form part of nasal septum and support bridge of nose |
| maxilla | upper jaw |
| mandible | lower jaw bone: only movable bone of the skull |
| zygomatic bone | cheek bones |
| vomer bone | base of nasal septum |
| palatine bond | hard palate of mouth and floor of the nose |
| cervical vertebra | vertebrae in the neck region |
| thoracic vertebra | vertebrae in the chest region attached to the ribs |
| lumbar vertebra | vertebrae in the small of the back, about waist level |
| sacrum | five vertebrae that become fused into one triangular-shaped flat bone at the base of the vertebral column |
| clavicle | collar bone |
| scapula | shoulder blade |
| humerus | upper arm bone |
| radius | forearm bone on thumb side of lower arm |
| ulna | forearm bone on little finger side of lower arm |
| carpal | bones of wrist |
| metacarpals | bone in palm of hand |
| phalanges | bones of fingers and toes |
| ilium | part of the hipbone |
| ischium | part of the hipbone |
| pubis | part of hipbone |
| femur | upper leg bone; thigh bone |
| patella | knee cap |
| tibia | shin bone; thicker lower leg bone |
| fibula | thinner, long bone in lateral lower leg |
| tarsals | ankle and heel bones |
| matatarsals | forefoot bones |
| callus | the mass of bone tissue that forms at a fracture site during its healing |
| cast | application of a solid material to immobilize an extremity or portion of the body as a result of a fracture, dislocation, or severe injury |
| chiropractic | healthcare profession concerned with diagnosis and treatment of malalignment conditions of the spine and musculoskeletal system and improving health |
| crepititation | noise produced by bones or cartilage rubbing together in conditions such as arthritis |
| exostosis | bone spur |
| kyphosis | abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine |
| lordosis | abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lumbar spine |
| orthopedics | branch of medicine specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the musculoskeletal system |
| orthotic | a brace or splint used to prevent or correct deformities |
| podiatry | healthcare profession specializing in diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the feet and lower legs |
| prosthesis | artificial device that is used as a substitute for a body part that is either congenitally missing or absent as a result of accident or disease |
| prosthetics | health care profession specializing in making artificial body parts |
| closed fracture | fracture in which there is no open skin wound, simple fracture |
| Colles' frecture | a common type of wrist fracture |
| comminuted fracture | fracture in which the bone is shattered, splintered, or crushed into many small pieces or fragments |
| compound fracture | fracture in which skin has been broken through to the fracture |
| compression fracture | fracture involving loss of height of vertebral body |
| fracture | a broken bone |
| greenstick fracture | fracture in which there is an incomplete break |
| impacted fracture | fracture in which bone fragments are pushed into each other |
| oblique | fracture at an angle to the bone |
| pathologic fracture | fracture caused by diseased or weakened bone |
| spiral fracture | fracture in which the fracture line spirals around the shaft of the bone |
| stress fracture | a slight fracture cause by repetitive low-impact force |
| transverse fracture | complete fracture that is straight across the bone at right angles to the long axis of the bone |
| Ewing's sacroma | malignant growth found in the shaft of long bones that spreads through the periosteum |
| osteogenic sarcoma | the most common type of bone cancer |
| osteomalacia | softening of the bones caused by a deficiency of calcium |
| osteoporosis | decrease in bone mass that results in a thinning and weaknening of the bone with resulting fractures |
| Paget's disease | a fairly common metabolic disease of the bone from unknown causes |
| rickets | deficiency in calcium and vitamin D found in early childhood that results in bone deformities |
| ankylosing spondylitis | inflammatory spinal condition that resembles rheumatoid arthritis |
| herniated nucleus pulposus | herniation or protrusion of an intervertebral disk |
| scoliosis | abnormal lateral curvature of the spine |
| spina bifida | congenital anomally that occurs when a vertebra fails to fully form around the spinal cord |
| spinal stenosis | narrowing of the spinal canal causing pressure on the cord and nerves |
| spondylolisthesis | the forward sliding of a lumbar vertebra over the vertebra below it |
| spondylosis | specifically refers to ankylosing of the spine but commonly use in reference to any degenerative condition of the vertebral column |
| whiplash | injury to the bones in the cervical spine as a result of sudden movement forward and backward of the head and neck |
| dislocation | occurs when the bones in a joint are displaced from their normal alignment and the ends of the bones are no longer in contact |
| osteoarthritis | arthritis resulting in degeneration of the bones and joints |
| rheumatoid arthritis | chronic form of arthritis with inflammation of the joints, swelling, stiffness, pain, and changes in the cartilage that can result in crippling deformities |
| sprain | damage to the ligaments surrounding a joint due to over stretching = |
| subluxation | an incomplete dislocation |
| systenuc lupus erythenatosus | chronic infammortory autoimmune disease of connective tissue affects many systems that may include joint pain and arthritis |
| talipes | congenital deformity causing misalignment if the ankle joint and foot |
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