Chapter 10: Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
Carp/o
Carpus (wrist bone)
Lord/o
Curve, swayback
Ped/o, pes/i
Foot, child
Arthr/o
Joint
Lamin/o
Lamina (part of vertebral arch)
Rhabdomy/o, rhsd/o
Rod-shaped (striated) muscle
Chondr/o
Cartilage
-asthenia
Weakness, debility
Fibr/o
Fiber, fibrous tissue
Ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
Tendon
Pub/o
Pelvis bone (anterior part if pelvic bone)
Fibul/o
Fibula (smaller one of lower leg)
ili/o
Ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip)
Ankyl/o
Stiffeness, bent, crooked
Kyph/o
Hill, mountain
Myel/o
Bone marrow, spinal cord
Acromi/o
Acromion (projection if scapula)
Scoli/o
Crooked, bent
Oste/o
Bone
Orth/o
Straight
Thorac/o
Chest
Brachi/o
Arm
Cephal/o
Head
Calcane/o
Calcaneum (heel one)
Clavicul/o
Clavicle (collarbone)
Crani/o
Cranium (skull)
Dactyl/o
Fingers, toes
Spondyl/o, vertebr/o
Vertebrae (backbone)
Tibi/o
Tibia (larger bone if lower leg)
Humer/o
Humerus (upper arm bone)
Ischi/o
Ischium (lower portion of hip bone)
Pod/o, ped/o, ped/i
Foot
Lumb/o
Loins (lower back)
Pelvi/o
Pelvis
Metacarp/o
Metacarpus (hand bone)
Patell/o
Patella (kneecap)
Metatars/o
Metatarsus (foot bone)
Femor/o
Femur (thigh bone)
Leiomy/o
Smooth muscle (visceral)
Stern/o
Sternum (breastbone)
-clasia, -clast
To break, surgical fracture
Synov/o
Synovial membrane, synovial fluid
Fasci/o
Band, fascia
-desis
Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
-physis
Growth
supra-
Above, excessive, superior
ROM
Range of motion
I.M., IM
Intramuscular, infectious mononucleosis
Fx
Fracture
C1, C2,…
First cervical fracture, second cervical fracture
EMG
Electromyography
Ca
Calcium, cancer
ORTH, ortho
Orthopedics
ACL
Anterior cruciate ligament
P
Pluse, phosphorous
RA
Rheumatoid arthritis
NSAIDs
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
MS
Musculoskeletal, multiple sclerosis