Ch. 10 Musculoskeletal Flashcards
1
Q
trochanter
A
large, irregularly shaped
2
Q
tubercule
A
small rounded process
3
Q
tuberosity
A
large rounded process
4
Q
condlye
A
rounded articulating knob
5
Q
head
A
prominent rounded articulating end of a bone
6
Q
Foramen
A
rounded opening through a bone to accommodate blood vessels and nerves
7
Q
fissure
A
narros, slitlike
8
Q
meatus
A
opening or passage to a bone
9
Q
sinus
A
cavity or hallow space in a bone
10
Q
ankylo
A
stiffness, bent, croked
11
Q
arthro
A
joint
12
Q
kypho
A
humpback
13
Q
lamino
A
lamina
14
Q
lordo
A
scurve, swayback
15
Q
myelo
A
bone marrow, spinal cord
16
Q
ortho
A
straight
17
Q
osteo
A
bone
18
Q
pedo, pedi
A
foot, child
19
Q
scolio
A
croooked, bent
20
Q
thoraco
A
chest
21
Q
acromio
A
acromion
22
Q
brachio
A
arm
23
Q
calcaneo
A
heel bone
24
Q
carpo
A
carpus
25
cephalo
head
26
cervico
neck, cervix
27
claviculo
clavicle
28
costo
ribs
29
cranio
cranium
30
dactylo
fingers, toes
31
femoro
femur
32
fibulo
fibula
33
humero
humerus
34
ilio
ilium
35
ishio
ischium
36
lumbo
loins
37
metacarpo
metacarpus
38
metartarso
metatarsus
39
patello
patella
40
pelvi
pelvis
41
phalango
phalanges
42
podo
foot
43
pubo
pelvis bone
44
radio
radiation, radius
45
spondylo, vertebro
vertebrae
46
sterno
sternum
47
tibio
tibia
48
leiomyo
smooth muscle
49
musculo, myo
muscle
50
rhabdo
rod-shaped
51
rhabdomyo
rod-shaped muscle
52
chondro
cartilage
53
fascio
band, fascia
54
fibro
fiber, fibrous
55
synovo
synovial membrane, fluid
56
teno, tendo, tendino
tendon
57
-asthenia
weakness, debility
58
-blast
embryonic cell
59
-clasia
to break
60
-clast
to break
61
-desis
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
62
ankylosis
stiffening and immobility of a going as a result of a disease, etc
63
bunion
deformity characterized by lateral dilation of the great toe as it turns in toward the second toe
64
carpal tunnel syndrome
compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel
65
claudication
lameness, limping
66
contracture
fibrosis of connective tissue in the son, fascia, muscle and prevents mobility
67
crepitation
dry, grating sound caused by bone ends rubbing together
68
exacerbation
increase in severity of a disease or any of its symptoms
69
ganglion cyst
fluid filled tumor that most commonly develops along the tendons or joint of the wrist
70
hemarthrosis
effusion of blood into a joint cavity
