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Ch4 musculoskeletal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -physis | growth |
| bone cells | osteocytes |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| brachi/o | arm |
| dactyl/o | finger |
| cervic/o | neck |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cost/o | costa (ribs) |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| arthr/o | joint |
| tars/o | ankle |
| ton/o | tone or tension |
| kinesi/o, kineti/o | movement |
| Ankyl/o | bend, stiff |
| burs/o | bursa (small sacs btwn joint) |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| crepitation | crackling in the joints |
| Genu Valgum | knocked knees |
| Genu Varum | bow legged |
| Hyperkinesia | increase muscle movement |
| hypertonia | increase muscle tone or tightness |
| hypokinesia | decrease muscle movement |
| hypotonia | decrease muscle tone or tension |
| osteodynia, ostealgia, ostalgia | bone pain |
| Kyphosis | hump back, forward curvature of upper spine |
| Lordosis | sway back, abnormal forward curvature of the lumbar spine |
| scoliosis | crooked spine, S |
| CAT scan | Computed axial tomography |
| -sarcoma | spreading of cancer, arising out of |
| effusion | fluid build up |
| Achondroplasia | a defect in the formation of cartilage a/chondro/plasia not/cartilage/growth |
| arthrodysplasia | arthro/dys/plasia joint/not/grow Abnormal joint development |
| arthrosclerosis | arthro/sclerosis joint/hardening hardening of the joints |
| myosarcoma | a cancerous muscle tumor |
| necrotizing fasciitis | inflammation of the fascia causing tissue death |
| osteopathy | bone disease |
| osteoporosis | loss of bone density |
| septic arthritis | inflammation of the joints caused by infection |
| spinal stenosis | abnormal narrowing of the spine |
| spondylosis | condition of the vertebra |
| spondyloarthropathy | joint disease of the vertebra |
| subluxation | partial dislocation of a joint |
| muscular distrophy | poor muscle development dis/trophy bad/grow |
| arthrocele | joint/hernia |
| myoma | myo/oma muscle tumor |
| myosarcoma | muscle/malignant tumor |
| osteosarcoma | cancerous tumor arising out of bone cells |
| chondroma | tumor in cartilaginous tissue |
| chondroosteodystrophy | chondro/osteo/dys/trophy cartilage/bone/grow bad poor development of bones and cartilage |
| arthrectomy | removal of ajoint |
| chondrectomy | removal of all or part of cartilage |
| myotomy | incision into muscle |
| subchondral | beneath the cartilage |
| electromyography | procedure to measure the electrical activity of a muscle |
| dystaxia | poor coordination |
| arthrodynia | joint pain |
| osteomyelitis | inflammation of bone and bone marrow |
| osteolysis | bone/ loss osteo/ lysis |
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