click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Ch 13 Vocab.
Musculoskeletal system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| muscul/o- my/o- myos/o- | muscle |
| skelet/o- | skeleton |
| volunt/o- | done of one's free will |
| tendin/o- tendon/o- ten/o- | tendon |
| insert/o- | to put in; introduce |
| burs/o- | bursa |
| fasci/o- | fascia |
| -ceps | head |
| brachi/o- | arm |
| radi/o- | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation |
| extens/o- | straightening |
| -or -er | a person or thing that produces or does |
| flex/o- | bending |
| tempor/o- | temple (side of the head) |
| ab- | away from |
| duct/o- | bring; move; a duct |
| ad- | toward |
| rotat/o- | rotate |
| supinat/o- | lying on the back |
| pronat/o- | face down |
| e- | without; out |
| vers/o- | to travel; to turn |
| in- | in; within; not |
| front/o- | front |
| orbicul/o- | small circle |
| masset/o- | chewing |
| buccinat/o- | cheek |
| stern/o- | sternum (breast bone) |
| cleid/o- | clavivle (collar bone) |
| mast/o- | breast; mastoid process |
| delt/o- | triangle |
| pector/o- | chest |
| inter- | between |
| cost/o | rib |
| then/o- | thumb |
| extern/o- | outside |
| abdomin/o- | abdomen |
| intern/o- | inside |
| perone/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| tibi/o- | tibia (shin bone) |
| anter/o- | before; front part |
| gastr/o- | stomach |
| -cnemius | leg |
| -cle | small thing |
| fibr/o- | fiber |
| -il | a thing |
| neur/o- | nerve |
| transmitt/o- | to send across or through |
| contract/o- | pull together |
| -trophy | process of development |