Chapter 15 - Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
calcium
calci/o, calc/o
humpback
kyph/o
lamina
lamin/o
curve, swayback
lord/o
loins, lower back
lumb/o
bone marrow
myel/o
straight
orth/o
bone
oste/o
crooked, bent
scoli/o
vertebra
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
embryonic
-blast
to break
-clast
slipping
-listhesis
softening
-malacia
to grow
-physis
pore, passage
-porosis
instrument to cut
-tome
acetabulum (hip scoket)
acetabul/o
calcaneus
calcane/o
carpals
carp/o
clavicle
clavicul/o
ribs
cost/o
cranium
crani/o
femur
femor/o
fibula
fibul/o, perone/o
humerus
humer/o
ilium
ili/o
ischium
ischi/o
malleolus
malleol/o
mandible (lower jaw)
mandibul/o
maxilla
maxill/o
metacarpals
metacarp/o
metatarsals
metatars/o
olecranon (elbow)
olecran/o
patella (kneecap)
patell/o
pelvis (hipbone)
pelv/i
phalanges
phalang/o
pubis
pub/o
radius (forearm thumb side)
radi/o
scapula
scapul/o
sternum
stern/o
tarsals
tars/o
tibia
tibi/o
ulna (forearm little finger side)
uln/o
fascia
fasci/o
fibrous connective tissue
fibr/o
smooth muscle (lines the walls of internal organs)
leiomy/o
muscle
my/o, myos/o
heart muscle
myocardi/o
sole of the foot
plant/o
skeletal muscle (striated, connected to bones)
rhabdomy/o
muscle and flesh
sarc/o
lack of strength
-asthenia
development, nourishment
-trophy
away from
ab-
toward
ad-
back
dorsi-
many, much
poly-