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Elliott M,S,and P
Elliott Muscular,Skeletal,and Professional Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chondroplasty | surgical repair of the cartilage |
| -kinesi/o | movement |
| dyskinesia | difficulty or abnormality of movement |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocardium | cardiac muscle in the middle layer of the heart |
| -physis | growth or growing |
| symphysis | growing together |
| sarc/o | tissue |
| sarcology | study of the soft tissue of the body |
| troph/o/y | condition of nutrition,growth,or development |
| atrophy | decrease in size of an organ or tissue due to lack of growth or nutrition |
| arthr/o- | joint |
| arthrogram | x-ray record of a joint |
| cervic/o- | neck |
| cervicodynia | neck pain |
| crani/o- | skull |
| craniotomy | incision or surgical cutting into the skull |
| oste/o- | bone |
| osteoarthritis | bone and joint inflammation(characterized by erosion of cartilage and bone and joint pain) |
| tend/o- | tendon |
| tendoplasty | surgical repair of a tendon |
| Pulmonologist | Lung MD |
| Hematologist | Blood MD |
| Nephrologist | Kidney MD |
| Rheumatologist | Joint MD |