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CMA Med Terms- XI
Med Terms- Skeletal System for CMA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| OSS/E, OSS/I, OSTE/O OST/O | BONES |
| MYEL/O (ASLO MEANS SPINAL CORD) | BONE MARROW |
| CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
| ARTHR/O | JOINTS |
| LIGAMENT/O | LIGAMENTS |
| SYNOVI/O, SYNOV/O | SYNOVIAL FLUID |
| BURS/O | BURSA |
| CRANIUM | ENCLOSES THE BRAIN |
| THORACIC CAVITY (RIB CAGE) | RIBS, STERNUM, THORACIC VERVRATE |
| STERNUM | BREASTBONE |
| PECTORIAL GIRDLE | SHOULDER GIRDLE |
| CLAVICLE | COLLAR BONE |
| SCAPULA | SHOLDER BLADE |
| RADIUS | SMALL BONE OF THE FOREARM |
| ULNA | LARGE BONE OF THE FOREARM |
| OLECRANON PROCESS | FUNNY BONE |
| HUMEROUS | BONE OF THE UPPER ARM |
| CARPALS | 16 BONES THAT FORM THE WRIST |
| METACARPALS | 10 BEONES THAT FORM THE PALMS OF THE HAND |
| PHALANGES, PHALANX | 28 BONES OF THE FINGERS OR FEET |
| DISTAL | OUTERMOST BONE IN THE FINGER |
| MEDIAL | MIDDLE BONE IN THE FINGER |
| PROXIMAL | BONE NEAREST TO THE HAND OF THE FINGER |
| SACRUM | SLIGHTLY CURVED, TRIANGULAR-SHAPED BONE NEAR THE BASE OF THE SPINE |
| COCCYX | TAILBONE |
| FEMUR | THIGH BONE |
| PATELLA | BONY ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE KNEECAP |
| POPLITEAL | POSTERIOR SURFACE OF THE KEE (USE TO DESCRIBE LEGAMENTS, VESSELS, MUSCLES IN THIS AREA) |
| ACL (ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT) | MAKE MOVEMENTS IN THE KNEE POSSIBLE(CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS) |
| PCL (POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT) | MAKE MOVEMENTS IN THE KNEE POSSIBLE(CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS) |
| TIBIA | SHINBONE- LARGER WEIGHT-BARING BONE IN THE ANTERIOR OF THE LOWER LEG |
| FIBULA | SMALLER OF THE TWO BONES OF THE LOWER LEG |
| TARSALS | 5 BONES THAT MAKE UP THE ANKLES |
| MATATARSALS | 5 BONES FROM THE FRONT PART OF THE FOOT TO WHICH THE TOES ARE ATTACHED |
| LUMB | LUMBAR |
| -ANGO | DISEASE CONDITION |
| SPINA | PERTAINING TO THE SPINE |
| BIFIDA | SPLIT |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| POR | SMALL OPENING |
| FRACTURE | BROKEN BONE |
| CLOSED, SIMPLE, COMPLETE FRACTURE | BONE IS BROKEN WITH NO OPEN WOUND IN THE SKIN |
| OPEN, COMPUND FRACTURE | BONE IS BROKEN AND THERE IS AN OPEN WOUND IN THE SKIN |
| GREENSTICK, INCOMPLETE FRACTURE | BONE IS BENT AND ONLY PARTIALLY BROKEN |
| OBLIQUE FRACTURE | OCCURS AT AN ANGEL ACROSS THE BONE |