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HHS Musculoskeletal
Medical Word Elements & Abbreviations
Question | Answer |
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AE | Above the Elbow |
AK | Above the Knee |
BE | Below the elbow |
BK | Below the knee |
Fx | fracture |
IM | Intramuscular |
MG | Myasthenia Gravis |
RA | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
ROM | Range of Motion |
Arthr/o | Joint |
Kyph/o | Humpback |
Lamin/o | Lamina, part of the vertebral arch |
Lord/o | curve, swayback |
Myel/o | Bone marrow, spinal cord |
Oste/o | Bone |
Scoli/o | crooked, bent |
brachi/o | arm |
carp/o | carpus, wrist bone |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck, cervix |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium, skull |
Dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
Femor/o | femur, thigh bone |
Lumb/o | Lower back |
Pelv/i, Pelv/o | pelvis |
Phalang/o | Phalanges, bones of the fingers and toes |
pod/o | foot |
Vertebr/o | vertebrae |
stern/o | sternum |
Muscul/o, my/o | muscle |
Chondr/o | Cartilage |
Fibr/o | Fiber, fibrous tissue |
Ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-clasia | surgical break of fracture |
-clast | to break |
-malacia | softening |
-scopy | visual examination |
a- | without, not |
dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
sub- | under, below |
supra- | above; excessive; superior |
syn- | union, together, joined |