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musculoskeletal
Term | Definition |
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fasci/o | band,fascia(fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
fibr/o | fiber,fibrous tissue |
leiomy/o | smooth muscles(visceral) |
lumb/o | loins(lower back) |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
ten/o | tendon |
tend/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness,debility |
-pathy | disease |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-tomy | incision |
Flexion | decreases the angles of a joint |
extension | increases the angle of a joint |
adduction | moves closer to the middle |
abduction | moves away from the midline |
rotation | move a bone around its axis |
pronation | turns the palm down |
supination | turns the palm up |
eversion | moves the sole of the foot inward |
inversion | moves the sole of the foot outward |
dorsiflexion | elevates the foot |
plantar flexion | lowers the foot (points the toes) |
carp/o | carpus(wrist bones) |
cervic/o | neck;cervix uteri(neck of the uterus) |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
humer/o | humerus(upper arm bone) |
metacarp/o | metacarpus(hand bone) |
phalang/o | phalanges(bones of the fingers and toes) |
spondyl/o | vertebra(back bone) |
vertebr/o | vertebra(backbone) |
stern/o | sternum(breastbone) |
calcane/o | calcaneum |
femor/o | femor(thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fibula(smaller, outer bone of the lower leg) |
patell/o | patella |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pelv/o | pelvis |
radi/o | radation,x-ray radius(lower arm bone on the thumb side) |
tibi/o | tibia (larger bone of the lower leg) |
ankyl/o | stiffiness;bent,crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
chrondr/o | cartilage |
lamin/o | lamina(part of the vertebral arch) |
myel/o | bone marrow;spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
-clast | to break;surgical fracture |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding fixation (of a bone or joint) |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | growth |
-porosis | porous |