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MA 70 Module 14
Musculoskeletal combinning forms, suffixes, perfixes, abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | stiff; immobility |
| arthr/o articul/o | joint; articulation |
| burs/o | bursa; sac |
| calcane/o | heel bone, calcaneus |
| carp/o | carpus: wrist bones |
| cervic/o | cervical vertebrae; neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o, cleid/o | clavicle, collarbone |
| coccyg/o | coccyx,coccygeal vertebrae; fused vertebrae that form the tail bone |
| crani/o | cranium; skull |
| femor/o | femur; thigh bone |
| fibul/o | fibula; calf bone |
| humer/o | humerus; upper arm bone |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lord/o | bent backwards |
| lumb/o | lumbar vertebrae; loin, lower back |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals, hand bones |
| metatars/o | metatarsals, foot bones |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella; knee cap |
| pelv/o, pelv/i | pelvis |
| phalang/o | phalanges, phalanx; toes or fingers |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius, forearm bone; or radiant energy |
| sacr/o | sacrum, sacral vertebrae; fused vertebrae to form the sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula; shoulder blade |
| scoli/o | Crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| stern/o | sternum; breastbone |
| synovi/o synov/o | synovial membrane |
| tars/o | ankle; tarsus |
| thorac/o | chest; thoracic vertebrae |
| tibi/o | tibia; shin bone |
| uln/o | ulna; forearm bone |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| lei/o | smooth |
| muscul/o my/o myos/o | muscle |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendon |
| -blast | immature, embryonic (suffix) |
| -clasia -clast | to surgically break (suffix) |
| -desis | stabilize, fuse (suffix) |
| -listhesis | slipping (suffix) |
| -physis | growth (suffix) |
| -porosis | porous (suffix) |
| -asthenia | weakness (suffix) |
| -kinesia | movement (suffix) |
| -tonia | tone (suffix) |
| ab- | away from (perfix) |
| ad- | toward (prefix) |
| cirucum- | around (prefix) |
| dia- | through (prefix) |
| syn- | together (prefix) |
| AROM | active range of motion |
| BMT | bone marrow transplant |
| C1, C2, etc | first, second, etc, cervical vertebrae |
| CPM | continuous passive motion (abbre) |
| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome (abbreviation) |
| FX, Fx | fracture (abbreviation) |
| L1, L2, | first lumbar vertebra, second lumbar vertebra (abbreviation) |
| DJD | degenerative joint disease (abbreviation) |
| ROM | range of motion (abbreviation) |
| DMARD | disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (abbreviation) |
| T1, T2, | first thoracic vertebra, second thoracic vertebra, etc. (abbreviation) |
| MTP | metatarsophalangeal (abbreviation) |
| EMG | electromyogram (abbreviation) |
| NSAID | nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (abbreviation) |
| blast/o | CF embryonic form |
| cost/o | CF costae; rib bones |
| rach/i, rachi/o, spin/o | CF vertebral or spinal column; spine, backbone |
| scler/o | CF hard |
| troph/o | CF nutrition |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| PROM | passive range of motion (abbreviation) |
| RA | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| TJR | total joint replacement |
| TMJ | temporomandibular joint |
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