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MuscularSkeletal
Body system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cranium | skull |
| sacrum | a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| oste/o | bone |
| pelv/o | pelvis / hip |
| spondyl/o | vertebra backbone |
| vertebr/o | vertebra backbone |
| clavicle | collar bone |
| humerus | upper arm bone |
| radius | lower arm bone thumb side |
| ulna | lower arm bone little finger side |
| carpals | wrist bones |
| meta carpals | hand bones |
| phalanges | finger bones |
| scapula | shoulder bone |
| sternum | breast bone |
| tarsals | ankle bones |
| metatarsals | foot bones |
| fibula | smaller of lower leg bone |
| tibia | larger of lower leg bone |
| patella | knee cap |
| sacrum | lower part of back bone near hip |
| coccxy | tail bone |
| pelvis | hip bone |
| femur | thigh bone |
| ribs | surrounding chest cavity |
| connects muscle to bone | tendon |
| connects bone to other bone | ligaments |
| myelodysplasia | abnormal growth of bone marrow cells |
| intervertebral | pert. between backbone |
| osteomyelitis | infl. of bone & bone marrow |
| arthroscopy | visual exam. of a joint |
| costochondritis | infl. of cartilage attached to ribs |
| chondroma | benign tumor cartilage tissue |
| tenorrhaphy | suture of tendon |
| myosarcoma | malignant tumor of muscle tissue |
| carniotomy | incision into skull |
| gouty arthritis | high level of uric acid with inflam. of joints |
| carpal tunnel syndrome | compression of median nerve in the wrist |
| rheumatoid arthritis | chronic inflam. of joints especially small bones in hands and feet |
| osteoporosis | decrease in bone density with thinning and weakening of bone |
| ankylosing spondylitis | chronic progressive arthritis with stiffening of joints between back bones |
| muscular dystrophy | weakness and degeneration of muscle fibers |
| congenital condition | having by nature a specified character |
| artherocentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from joint |
| ESR | measure sedimentation rate of red blood cells indication inflammation |
| electromyography | recording strength of muscle contraction |
| ANA test | plasma is tested for antibodies that are present in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus |
| uric acid test | measurement of amount of a substance o blood that is associated with gouty arthritis |
| ilium | the broad, upper portion of either hipbone |
| pubis | that part of either innominate bone that, with the corresponding part of the other, forms the front of the pelvis. |
| innominate | having no name; nameless; anonymous. |
| laminectomy | removing all or part of the protruding disk |
| transient ischemic attack (TIA) | temporary interference with this blood supply. |
| Positron emission tomography | used to identify areas of ischemia in the brain. |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw |
| Ilium | upper of Pelvis |
| Pubis | middle of Pelvis |
| Ischium | lower of Pelvis |
| xiphoid process | end of sternum |
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