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Medical Terminology - Tara > Chap 10 - Musculoskeletal > Flashcards

Chap 10 - Musculoskeletal Flashcards

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fasci/o

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band, fascia

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fibr/o

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fiber, fibrous tissue

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leiomy/o

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smooth muscle (visceral)

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lumb/o

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loins, lower back

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muscul/o

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muscle

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my/o

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muscle

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ten/o

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tendon

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tend/o

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tendon

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tendin/o

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tendon

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10
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—algia

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pain

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—asthenia

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weakness, debility

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—pathy

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diesease

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—plegia

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paralysis

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—rrhaphy

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suture

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15
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—sarcoma

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malignant tumor of connective tissue

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—tomy

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incision

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myosarcoma

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malignant tumor of connective tissue muscle

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18
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What are 3 types of muscle

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cardiac, connective, smooth

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19
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myoplasty

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surgical repair of muscle

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20
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cystorrhexis

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rupture of the bladder

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enterorrhexis

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rupture of the intestine

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22
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sclerosis

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abnormal condition of hardening

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extension and flexion

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bending and extension of a limb

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abduction and adduction

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movement away from and toward the body

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rotation

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circular movement around an axis

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pronation and supination

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turning the hand to a palm down and palm up position

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dorsiflexion and plantar flexion

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bending the foot or toes upward and downward

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eversion and inversion

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moving the sole of the foot outward and inward

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29
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chondr/o

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cartilage

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30
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cyst/o

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bladder

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31
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enter/o

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intestine

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hepat/o

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liver

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33
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—cyte

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cell

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34
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—genesis

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formation, production

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35
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hemi-

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one half

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quadri-

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carp/o

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carpus (wrist bones)

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cervic/o

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neck, cervis uteri

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cost/o

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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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humer/o

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humerus (upper arm)

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metacarp/o

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metacarpus (hand bones)

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phalang/o

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phalanges (bones of fingers and toes)

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spondyl/o

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vertebra (backbone)

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vertebr/o

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vertebra (backbone)

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stern/o

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sternum (breastbone)

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calcane/o

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calcaneum (heel bone)

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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 outer bone of lower leg)

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patell/o

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patella (kneecap)

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pelv/i

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pelv/o

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radi/o

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radiation, xray

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tibi/o

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tibia (larger bone of lower leg)

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ankyl/o

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stiffness, bent, crooked

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arthr/o

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chondr/o

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lamin/o

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lamina (part of vertebral arch)

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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orth/o

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oste/o

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— clasia

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—clast

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—cyte

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—desis

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binding, fixation (of bone or joint)

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—malacia

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—physis

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—porosis

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4 types of bones

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short, long, flat, irregular

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oligo-

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small, few

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calc/o

72
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synarthroses

A

totally immovable joints

73
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diarthroses

A

free movable joints

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amphiarthroses

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slightly movable joints

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arthropathy

A

diesease of a joint

76
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arthritis

A

inflammation of a joint

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spondylitis

A

inflammation of vertebrae

78
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spondylopathy

A

disease of vertebrae

79
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spondylomalacia

A

softening of vertebrae

80
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articulation

A

place where 2 bones meet

81
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thoracic

A

pertaining to the chest

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arthr/o

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cyt/o

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cyst/o

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roentgen/o

86
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en-

A

in, within

87
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—osis

A

abnormal condition

88
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inter-

89
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peri-

Medical Terminology - Tara (12 decks)

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