Ch10: Musculoskeletal System Flashcards by Natalie Barcenas

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ankyl/o

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stiffness; bent, crooked

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arthr/o

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joint

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kyph/o

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humpback

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lamin/o

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lamina (part of vertebral arch)

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lord/o

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curve, swayback

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myel/o

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bone marrow; spinal cord

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orth/o

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straight

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oste/o

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bone

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ped/o, ped/i

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foot; child

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

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thorac/o

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chest

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acromi/o

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acromion (projectionof the scapula)

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branchi/o

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arm

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calcane/o

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calcaneum (heel bone)

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carp/o

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carpus (wrist bone)

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cephal/o

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head

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cervic/o

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head

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clavicul/o

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clavicle (collar bone)

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cost/o

A

ribs

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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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dactyl/o

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fingers; toes

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femor/o

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femur (thigh bone)

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fibul/o

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fibula (smaller bone of the lower leg)

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humer/o

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humerus (upper arm bone)

ili/o

ilium (lateral, faling portion of the hip bone)

ischi/o

ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

metacarp/o

metacarpus (hand bones)

metatars/o

metatarsus (foot bones)

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

pelv/i

pelvis

phalang/o

phalanges (phone of the fingers and toes)

pod/o

foot

pub/o

pelvis bone (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

radi/o

radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb sie)

spondyl/o

vertebrae (backbone)

vertebr/o

vertebrae (backbone)

stern/o

sternum (breastbone)

tibi/o

tibia (larger bone of the lower leg)

leiomy/o

smooth muscle (visceral)

muscul/o, my/o

muscle

rhabd/o

rod-shaped (striated)

rhabdomy/o

rod-shaped (striated) msucle

chondr/o

cartilage

fasci/o

band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and seperating muscles)

fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

synov/o

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

tendon

-asthenia

weakness, debility

-blast

embryonic cell

-clasia

to break; surgical fracture

-clast

to break; surgive fracture

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-malacia

softening

-physis

growth

-porosis

porous

-starcoma

malignant tumor of connective tissue

-scopy

visual examination