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Musculoskeletal
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| articulation | 2 or more bones meet (joint) |
| ligaments | bone to bone |
| tendons | muscle to bone |
| adduction | closer to midline |
| abduction | moves away from midline |
| flexion | decrease angle of joint, bend |
| extension | increase the angle of joint, straight |
| pronation | palm downward |
| supination | palm upward |
| inversion | sole of the foot inward |
| eversion | sole of the foot outward |
| dorsiflexion | elevates the foot |
| plantar flexion | lowers the foot (point toes down) |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/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 |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (small bone in the lower leg) |
| ili/o | ilium (hip bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower hipbone) |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bones) |
| petell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pubis |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger bone in the lower leg) |
| ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| fasci/o | band, fascia |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve , swayback |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | foot, child |
| ped/i | foot, child |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -clast | to break, surgical fracture |
| -porosis | porous |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| claudication | limping |
| Paget disease | chronic inflammation of bones |
| kyphosis | humpback |
| lordosis | swayback |
| ACL | anterior cruciate ligament |
| BMD | bone mineral density |
| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome |
| DEXA, DXA | dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry |
| DJD | degenerative joint disease |
| DMARDs | disease modifying antirheumatic drugs |
| DO, D.O. | doctor of Osteopathy |
| HNP | herniated nucleus pulposus (herniated disk) |
| MD | doctor of medicine |
| PCL | posterior cruciate ligament |
| THR | total hip replacement |
| TRAM | transverse rectus abdominis muscle |
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Dwentz
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