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1.Green Module
Green Module Terminology
Question | Answer |
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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 |