15 Musculoskeletal System Terminology Flashcards
1
Q
calc/o, calci/o
A
calcium
2
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kyph/o
A
humpback, hunchback (post curvature in thoracic region)
3
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina
4
Q
lord/o
A
curve, swayback (ant curvature in lumbar region)
5
Q
lumb/o
A
loins, lower back
6
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
7
Q
orth/o
A
straight
8
Q
oste/o
A
bone
9
Q
scoli/o
A
crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
10
Q
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
A
vertebra
11
Q
-blast
A
embryonic or immature cell
12
Q
-clast
A
to break
13
Q
-listhesis
A
slipping
14
Q
-malacia
A
softening
15
Q
-physis
A
to grow
16
Q
-porosis
A
pore, passage
17
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-tome
A
instrument to cut (osteotome)
18
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
19
Q
perone/o
A
fibula (peroneal)
20
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiff
21
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
22
Q
articul/o
A
joint
23
Q
burs/o
A
bursa
24
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
25
ligament/o
ligament
26
rheumat/o
water flow
27
ten/o, tendin/o
tendon
28
-desis
to bind, tie together (arthrodesis-binding together of a joint)
29
-stenosis
narrowing
30
fasci/o
fascia
31
fibr/o
fibrous connective tissue
32
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscles that lines the walls of internal organs
33
my/o, myos/o
muscle
34
myocardi/o
heart muscle
35
plant/o
sole of the foot
36
rhabdomy/o
skeletal muscle connected to bones
37
sarc/o
muscle and flesh
38
-asthenia
lack of strength
39
-trophy
development, nourishment
40
ab-
away from
41
ad-
toward
42
dorsi-
back
43
poly-
many, much
