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Chap. 10 muscle/skel
Chapter 10 Muscloskeletal system Dwana
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| appendage | any body part attached to a main structure |
| articulation | place of union between two or more bones. |
| arthritis | inflammation of a joint |
| cruciate ligaments | ligaments that cross each other forming an X within the notch between the femoral condyles. |
| hematopoiesis | production and development of blood cells, normally in the bone marrow. |
| meatus | an opening or passage through any part of the body. |
| ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| kyph/o | hill, mountain |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| ped/o | foot; child |
| ped/i | foot; child |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| thorac/o | chest |
| acromi/o | acromion |
| brachi/o | arm |
| calcane/o | calcaneum |
| carp/o | carpus |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| cost/o | ribs |
| ccrani/o | cranium |
| dactyl/o | fingers;toes |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| lumb/o | loins |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus |
| metatars/o | metatarsus |
| patell/o | patella |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pod/o | foot |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pub/o | pelvis bone |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| stern/o | sternum |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped muscle |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| fasci/o | band,fascia membrane supporting and seperating. |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| synov/o | synovial membranes |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -clasia | to break, surgical fracture |
| -clast | to break, surgical fracture |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | growht |
| -porosis | porous |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| a- | without |
| sub- | under, below |
| supra- | above |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| ankylosis | stiffening and immobility of a joint as a result of disease, trauma, surgery, or abnormal bone fusion. |
| carpal tunnel syndrome | painful condition resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel. |
| claudication | lameness, limping |
| contracture | fibrosis of connective tissue in skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or joint. |
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