Chapter 15: Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
1
Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabulum (hip socket)
2
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiff
3
Q
arthro/o
A
join
4
Q
articul/o
A
joint
5
Q
burs/o
A
bursa
6
Q
calc/0
A
calcium
7
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneus (heel bone)
8
Q
calci/o
A
calcium
9
Q
carp/o
A
carpals (wrist bones)
10
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
11
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
12
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collar bone)
13
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx
14
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
15
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
16
Q
fasci/o
A
fascia
17
Q
femor/o
A
femur (thigh bone)
18
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
19
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
20
Q
humer/o
A
humerus (upper arm bone)
21
Q
ili/o
A
ilium (upper part of pelvic)
22
Q
ischi/o
A
ischium (posterior of pelvic bone)
23
Q
malleol/o
A
malleolus
24
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible (lower jaw bone)
25
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
26
metacarp/o
metacarpal (hand bones)
27
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
28
my/o
muscles
29
myel/o
bone marrow
30
myocardi/o
heart muscles
31
myos/o
muscles
32
olecran/o
olecranon (elbow)
33
orth/o
straight
34
oste/o
bone
35
patell/o
patella (knee cap/bone)
36
pelv/i
pelvis (hip bone)
37
perone/o
fibula
38
phalang/o
phalanges (fingers/toes)
39
plant/o
sole of the foot
40
pub/o
pubis (part of the coax)
41
radi/o
radius (forearm bone)
lateral to the ulna
42
rhabdomy/o
skeletal muscle (connected to bones)
43
rheumat/o
watery flow
44
kyph/o
hunchback, humpback
45
lamin/o
lamina (vertebral arch)
46
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscles that lines the walls of internal organs
47
ligament/o
ligament
48
lord/o
curve, swayback
49
lumb/o
loins, lower back
50
synov/o
synovial membrane
51
tars/o
tarsals
52
ten/o
tendon
53
tendin/o
tendons
54
sacr/o
sacrum
55
sarc/o
flesh (malignant/ cancerous)
56
scapul/o
scapula
57
scoli/o
crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
58
spondyl/o
vertebra
59
stern/o
sternum
60
thorac/o
chest
61
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
62
uln/o
ulna
medial to radius
63
vertebr/o
vertebra
64
-algia
pain
65
-asthenia
lack of strength
66
-blast
embryonic, immature
67
-clast
to break
68
-desis
to bind, tie together
69
-emia
blood condition
70
-listhesis
slipping
71
-malacia
softening
72
-penia
deficiencey
73
-physis
to grow
74
-plasty
surgical repair
75
-porosis
pore, passage
76
-stenosis
narrowing
77
-tome
instrument to cut
78
-trophy
development, nourishment
79
a-
no, not, without
80
an-
no, not, without
81
ab-
away from
82
ad-
toward
83
dia-
through, complete
84
dorsi-
back
85
epi-
upon, on, above
86
exo-
out, outside, outward
87
hyper-
excessive
88
meta-
beyond, change
89
peri-
many, much
90
sub-
under
91
supra-
above, upper
92
sym-
together, with
