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Chapter 10 Med Terms
Med Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| faci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting ans separating muscles) |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| musccul/o or my/o | muscle |
| ten/o or tend/o or tendin/o | tendon |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| -tomy | incision |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bones) |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix uteri (neck of the uterus) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
| Spondyl/o or vertebra/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula, (smaller outer bone of the lower leg) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i or pelv/o | pelvis |
| radi/o | radiation, x ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side) |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger bone of the lower leg) |
| ankyl/o | stiffness; bent , crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| -clast | to break; surgical fracture |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | binding; fixation (of bone or joint) |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | growth |
| -porosis | porous |
| abduction | moving a body part away from the body |
| adduction | moving a body part toward the body |
| extension | straightening a body part |
| flexion | bending a body part |
| hyperextension | excessive straightening of a body part |
| dorsiflexion | bending the toes and foot up at the ankle |
| plantar flexion | bending the foot down at the ankle |
| rotation | turning the joint |
| internal rotation | turning the joint inward |
| external roatation | turning the joint outward |
| pronation | turning the joint downward |
| supination | turning the joint upward |
| AROM | Active range of motion are done by the person |
| PROM | Passive range of motion-health care worker moves the joint |
| AAROM | Active-assistive range of motion the person does the exercise with some assistance from the health care worker |
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