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CH 10 Musculoskeleta
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| kyph/o | hill, mountain |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| ped/o | foot ; child |
| ped/i | foot ; child |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| pod/o | foot |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
| spondyl/o, | vertebrae (backbone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -clasia | to break; surgical fracture |
| -clast | to break; surgical fracture |
| -physis | growth |
| -porosis | porous |
| supra- | above; excessive; superior |
| acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
| calcane/o | calcaneu (heel bone) |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bone) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller bone of lower leg) |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bone) |
| metatars/o | metatarus (foot bone) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pub/o | pelvis bone (anterior part of pelvic bone) |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger bone of lower leg) |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped (striated) muscle |
| fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | growth |
| -porosis | porous |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| sub- | under, below |
| supra- | above; excessive; superior |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| -schisis | a splitting (This term is not listed in the chapter but you need to know it) |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| faci/o | face |
| Extension | increases angle of the joint |
| Flexion | decreases the angle of the joint |
| Abduction | moves away from the midline |
| Adduction | moves to the midland ( closer) |
| Supination | turns the palms upward |
| Pronation | turns the palms downward |
| Dorsiflexion | elevates the foot |
| Plantar Flexion | lowers the foot ( points the foot) |
| Eversion | moves the sole of the foot outwards |
| Inversion | moves the sole of the foot inwards |
| Rotation | moves the bone around on its own axis |
| -sacroma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
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