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Musculoskeletal Med term

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ankyl/o   stiffness; bent, crooked  
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kyph/o   humpback  
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lamin/o   lamina  
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lord/o   curve, swayback  
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myel/o   bone marrow, spinal cord  
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scoli/o   crooked, bent  
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brachi/p   arm  
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calcane/o   calcaneum (heel bone)  
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carp/o   carpus (wrist bone)  
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caphal/o   head  
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cost/o   ribs  
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dactyl/o   fingers; toes  
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ili/o   ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)  
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ishi/o   ischium (lower portion of hip bone)  
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lumb/o   loins (lower back)  
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patell/o   patella (knee cap)  
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pod/o   foot  
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spodyl/o   vertebrae  
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leiomy/o   smooth muscle (viseral)  
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rhabd/o   rod-shaped (straited)  
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rhabdomy/o   rod-shaped (straited)muscle  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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fasci/o   band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and sepperating muscles)  
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-asthenia   weakness, debility  
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-clast   to break  
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-physis   growth  
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-porosis   porous  
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syn-   union, together, joined  
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Talipes equinovarus   Club foot  
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Crepitaion   dry grating sound of bones rubbing together – indicating a fracture  
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Claudcation   lameless, limping  
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Subluxation   partial of incomplete dislocation  
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Fibrosarcoma   Develops is cartilage (pelvis)50 and 60 years old  
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Osteogenic sarcoma   Develops in bone (knees, upper arms, upper legs) 20 – 25 years old  
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Ewing sarcoma   Primitive nerve cells in bone marrow (shaft of long bones) Shaft of long bones10 – 20 years old  
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Myasthenia gravis (MG   neuromuscular disorderFluctuating weakness of skeletal muscle groupsWomen > menSymptoms may be dysphagia, breathing difficultyControlled and medical management is treatmentEyes, face and sometimes limbs  
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Scoloisis   lateral curvature – C shapeCongenital, chronic poor posture, difference  
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Kyphosis   humpback  
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lordosis   swayback  
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Osteoporosis   Is common metabolic disorder in the elderlyWhen bone loss exceeds bone formationPostmenopausal women and menPeak bone density about 33 yr old  
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Exotosis   bony growth arising from the surface of bone bunion  
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