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chapter15 terms&abr
Musculorskeletol system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| leiomy/o | smooth |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal muscle connected to bones |
| -asthenia | lack of strengh |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dorsi- | back |
| poly- | many,much |
| calc/o, calci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback, hunchback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| -blast | embryonic or immature cell |
| -clast | to break |
| listhesis | slipping |
| malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| -porosis | pore, passage |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum |
| calcane/o | calcaneus |
| carp/p | carpals |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| malleol/o | malleolus |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| metacarp/o | meracarpals |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| patell/o | patella ( kneecap ) |
| pelv/i | pelvis ( hipbone ) |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| stern/o | sternum |
| tars/o | tarsals |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articu/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| synou/o | synovial membrane |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| AC joint | acromioclavicular joint |
| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome |
| EMG | electromyography |
| IM | intramuscular |
| ORIF | open reduction (of fracture)/internal fixation |
| TKR | total knee replacement |
| THR | total hip replacement |
| TMJ | termporomandibular joint |
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zoraida.guzman
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