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Ch 3 Med Term summer
Musculoskelatal System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | crooked or stiff |
| brachi/o | arm |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cost/o | rib |
| lei/o | smooth |
| my/o | muscle |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| patell/o | knee cap |
| stern/o | sternum |
| ten/o | tendon |
| lord/o | bent |
| epiphysis | wide end of a long bone |
| diaphysis | shaft of a long bone |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| kyph/o | humped-back |
| lumb/o | loin or lower back |
| pelv/i | pelvis or hip bone |
| scoli/o | twisted |
| thorac/o | chest |
| uln/o | ulna |
| bursa | a fibrous sac between certain certain tendons and bones that is lined with a synovial membrane that secretes synovial fluid |
| fascia | a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscle |
| prone | lying face down and flat |
| eversion | turning outward, that is, of a foot |
| inversion | turning inward, that is, of a foot |
| supine | horizontal recumbent; lying flat on the back |
| erect | normal standing position |
| ventral | front of the body also known as anterior |
| dorsal | back of the body also known as posterior |