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MEDA - Musculoskel.
Musculoskeletal (ALL TERMS)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | crooked or stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| fasci/o | fascia (a band of connective tissue) |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| lumb/o | loin (lower back) |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| my/o | muscle |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | knee cap |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| clavicul/ | clavicle (collar bone) |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ton/o | tone or tension |
| necr/o | death |
| /trophy | nourishment or developement |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| sub- | below or under |
| supra- | above or excessive |
| -osis | condition or increase |
| -oid | resembling |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -desis | binding |
| -centesis | surgical puncture for aspiration |
| -o/scopy | visual examination |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| -porosis | porous condition; cavity formation |
| -o/meter | instrument for measuring |
| -o/metry | process of measuring |
| -o/rrhaphy | suture |
| -o/rrhexis | rupture |
| crepitation/crepitus | grating sound made by movement of some joints or broken bones |
| rigor | stiffness; stiff muscle |
| spasm | drawing in; involuntary muscle contraction |
| tremor | shaking; rhythmic muscular movement |
| bursa | a fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones that is lined with a synovial membrane that secretes synovial fluid |
| kyphosis | abnormal posterior curvature of the thoracic spine (humpback condition) |
| lordosis | abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back condition) |
| scoliosis | abnormal lateral curvature of the spine (S-shaped curve) |
| edema | swelling |
| subluxation | a partial dislocation |
| analgesic | a drug that relieves pain |
| anti-inflammatory | a drug that relieves inflammation |
| antipyretic | a drug that relieves fever |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| EMG | electromyogram |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| XR | x-ray |
| LS Spine | lumbosacral |
| PT | physical therapy |
| NSAID | nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug |
| Fx | fracture |
| OA | osteoarthritis |
| ROM | range of motion |
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