Ch.4 (Musculoskeletal) Flashcards
Epiphyses
Ends of bones (growth plates)
Diaphyses
middle of bone
Metaphyses
neck bone in between ends and middles
Axial Skeleton
Skull, spine, sternum, ribs
Appredicular Skeleton
limbs
Fascia
connective tissue covering around muscles
-physis
growth
oste/o
bone
crani/o
skull
cervic/o
skull
spondyl/o
vertebra
lumb/o
lower back
brachi/o
arm
dactyl/o
finger
carp/o
wrist
cost/o
rib
femor/o
femur
tibi/o
tibia
tars/o
ankle
chondr/o
cartilage
arthr/o
joint
burs/o
bursa
ten/o,tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
muscul/o, my/o, myos/o
muscle
fasci/o
fascia
ton/o
tone, tension
kinesi/o
movement, motion
tax/o
arrangement, order, coordination
ankyl/o
stiff, bent
costalgia
rib pain
metatarsalgia
pain in foot bones
ostalgia
bone pain
osteodynia
bone pain
spondylodynia
vertebrae pain
tibialgia
tibia pain
ankylosis
joint stiffness
arthralgia
joint pain
arthrodynia
joint pain
cervicodynia
neck pain
crepitation
crackles heard in joints
genu valgum
knock-kneed
genu varum
bowlegged
bradykinesia
slow movement
dyskinesia
inability to control movement
dystaxia
poor coordination
dystonia
poor muscle tone
graphospasm
writer’s cramp
hyperkinesia
increase in muscle movement or activity
hypertonia
increased muscle tone or tightness
myalgia
muscle pain
myasthenia
muscle weakness
myodynia
muscle pain
myospasm
muscle spasm
tenalgia
tendon pain
arthrocentesis
puncture of a joint
arthroscope
instrument for looking into joint
electromyogram (EMG)
record of muscle’s electrical activity
myography
procedure for studying muscles
arthrogram
visual record of joint
arthrography
procedure used to examine joint
CT
cross sections of an Xray put together
kyphosis
humped back of upper spine
lordosis
sway back of lower spine
carpitis
wrist imflammation
craniomalacia
skull softening
exostosis
growth of bone out of another bone
osteodystrophy
poor bone development