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1.Green Module
Green Module Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| branchi/o | arm |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| myos/o | muscle |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| ped/i | foot; child |
| ped/o | foot; child |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| dactyl/o | fingers;toes |
| faci/o | face |
| fasci/o | band; facia |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina (vertebral arch) |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped (striated) muscle |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue) |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (back bone) |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger lower leg bone) |
| -ad | toward |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness; debility |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -clasia | to break; surgical fracture |
| -clasis | surgical fracture |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | binding, fixation (bone or joint) |
| -dyna | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -iatry | medicine; treatment |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -logist | specialist in study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumour |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | prolapse |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumour of connective tissue |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -tomy | incision |
| -trophy | development |
| -um | structure, thing |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| brachy- | short |
| cine- | movement |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| epi- | above; upon |
| inter- | between |
| mega- | enlargement |
| meta- | change |
| micro- | small |
| quadri- | four |
| sub- | under |
| supra- | above |
| sym- | union, together, joined |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| ACL | anterior cruciate ligament |
| BE | below the elbow |
| BK | below the knee |
| C1, C2... | 1st cervical vertebra, 2nd cervical vertebra... |
| Ca | calcium, cancer |
| CDH | congenital dislocation of the hip |
| CO | coccyxgeal nerves |
| CTS | carpel tunnel syndrome |
| CT | computed tomography |
| DEXA, DXA | dual energy x-ray absorptiometry |
| DJD | degenerative joint disease |
| DO | doctor of osteopathy |
| EMG | electromyography |
| Fx | fracture |
| HD | hip disarticulation |
| HNP | herniated nucleus pulposus (herniated disk) |
| HP | hemipelvectomy |
| IM | intramuscular |
| IS | intracostal space |
| IV | intravenous |
| L1, L2... | 1st lumbar vertebra, 2nd lumbar vertebra... |
| LS | lumbosacral spine |
| MG | myasthenia gravis |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MS | musculoskeletal, multiple sclerosis |
| NSAIDs | non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
| ORTH, ortho | orthopedics |
| P | phosphorus |
| PCL | posterior cruciate ligament |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| RF | rheumatoid factor |
| ROM | range of motion |
| S1, S2... | 1st sacra vertebra, 2nd sacra vertebra... |
| SD | shoulder disarticulation |
| T1, T2... | 1st thoracic vertebra, 2nd thoracic vertebra... |
| THA | total hip arthroplasty |
| THR | total hip replacement |
| TKA | total knee arthroplasty |
| TKR | total knee replacement |
| TRAM | transverse rectus abdominis muscle |
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