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Ch. 3
Musculoskeletal system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | crooked or stiff |
| arthe/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arn |
| cost/o | rib |
| dactyl/o | digit (finger or toe) |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lei/o | smooth |
| lord/o | bent |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| patell/o | knee cap |
| pelv/i | pelvis (basin) or hip bone |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped or striated (skeletal) |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| ten/o | tendon (to stretch) |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ton/o | tone or tension |
| uln/o | ulna |
| appendicular skeleton | bones of the shoulder girdle, pelvis, and limbs (arms and legs) |
| periosteum | a fibrous, vascular membrane that covers the bone |
| articulation | the point where two bones come together; also called joint |
| bursa | a fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones that is lined with a synovial membrane that secretes synovial fluid |
| nucleus pulposus | the soft, fibrocartilaginous, central portion of intervertebral disk |
| ligament | a flexible band of fibrous tissue that connects bine to bone |
| striated muscle | voluntary muscle attached to the skeleton |
| skeletal muscle | voluntary muscle attached to the skeleton |
| smooth muscle | involuntary muscle found in internal organs |
| tendon | a band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone |
| fascia | a band or sheet of fibrous tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscle |