15 Musculoskeletal System Terminology Flashcards
calc/o, calci/o
calcium
kyph/o
humpback, hunchback (post curvature in thoracic region)
lamin/o
lamina
lord/o
curve, swayback (ant curvature in lumbar region)
lumb/o
loins, lower back
myel/o
bone marrow
orth/o
straight
oste/o
bone
scoli/o
crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
vertebra
-blast
embryonic or immature cell
-clast
to break
-listhesis
slipping
-malacia
softening
-physis
to grow
-porosis
pore, passage
-tome
instrument to cut (osteotome)
cost/o
ribs
perone/o
fibula (peroneal)
ankyl/o
stiff
arthr/o
joint
articul/o
joint
burs/o
bursa
chondr/o
cartilage
ligament/o
ligament
rheumat/o
water flow
ten/o, tendin/o
tendon
-desis
to bind, tie together (arthrodesis-binding together of a joint)
-stenosis
narrowing
fasci/o
fascia
fibr/o
fibrous connective tissue
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscles that lines the walls of internal organs
my/o, myos/o
muscle
myocardi/o
heart muscle
plant/o
sole of the foot
rhabdomy/o
skeletal muscle connected to bones
sarc/o
muscle and flesh
-asthenia
lack of strength
-trophy
development, nourishment
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
dorsi-
back
poly-
many, much