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Med Terms

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Definition
faci/o   band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting ans separating muscles)  
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fibr/o   fiber, fibrous tissue  
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leiomy/o   smooth muscle (visceral)  
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lumb/o   loins (lower back)  
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musccul/o or my/o   muscle  
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ten/o or tend/o or tendin/o   tendon  
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-algia   pain  
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-asthenia   weakness, debility  
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-pathy   disease  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-sarcoma   malignant tumor of connective tissue  
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-tomy   incision  
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carp/o   carpus (wrist bones)  
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cervic/o   neck, cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)  
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cost/o   ribs  
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crani/o   cranium (skull)  
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humer/o   humerus (upper arm bone)  
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metacarp/o   metacarpus (hand bones)  
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phalang/o   phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes)  
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Spondyl/o or vertebra/o   vertebra (backbone)  
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stern/o   sternum (breastbone)  
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calcane/o   calcaneum (heel bone)  
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femor/o   femur (thigh bone)  
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fibul/o   fibula, (smaller outer bone of the lower leg)  
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patell/o   patella (kneecap)  
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pelv/i or pelv/o   pelvis  
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radi/o   radiation, x ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side)  
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tibi/o   tibia (larger bone of the lower leg)  
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ankyl/o   stiffness; bent , crooked  
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arthr/o   joint  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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lamin/o   lamina (part of the vertebral arch)  
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myel/o   bone marrow; spinal cord  
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orth/o   straight  
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oste/o   bone  
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-clast   to break; surgical fracture  
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-cyte   cell  
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-desis   binding; fixation (of bone or joint)  
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-malacia   softening  
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-physis   growth  
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-porosis   porous  
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abduction   moving a body part away from the body  
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adduction   moving a body part toward the body  
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extension   straightening a body part  
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flexion   bending a body part  
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hyperextension   excessive straightening of a body part  
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dorsiflexion   bending the toes and foot up at the ankle  
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plantar flexion   bending the foot down at the ankle  
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rotation   turning the joint  
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internal rotation   turning the joint inward  
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external roatation   turning the joint outward  
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pronation   turning the joint downward  
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supination   turning the joint upward  
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AROM   Active range of motion are done by the person  
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PROM   Passive range of motion-health care worker moves the joint  
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AAROM   Active-assistive range of motion the person does the exercise with some assistance from the health care worker  
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