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Ch. 10 Med Term
Musculoskeletal System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod- shaped (striated) muscle |
| brachi/o | arm |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bone) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium skull |
| dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
| humer/o | humerous (upper arm bone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side) |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (back bone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| thorac/o | chest |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller bone of the lower leg) |
| ili/o | ilium ( lateral faring portion of the hip bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of the hip bone) |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bone) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger bone of the lower leg) |
| ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| orth/o | Straight |
| Oste/o | bone |
| ped/o | foot |
| ped/i | Child |
| Scoli/o | crooked; bent |
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| Ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -clasia | to break; surgical fracture |
| -clast | to break; surgical fracture |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -malacia | softening |
| -porosis | porous |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| a- | without; not |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
Created by:
jtkarney
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