chapter 5 Flashcards
Ambul/o
To walk or move about
articulo/o
joint
branchi/o
arm
card/o
heart
electr/o
electricity
dextr/o
to the right
duct/o
to lead
electr/o
electricity
fasci/o
fibrious band/fascia
fibr/o
fiber
flex/o
to bend
kinses/o
movement
lei/o
smooth
muscul/o
muscle
my/o
muscle
myocardi/o
heart muscle
neur/o
nerve
orth/o
straight
ped/o
child/foot
plant/o
sole of foot
radi/o
x-ray
rhabd/o
rod-shaped
sarc/o
flesh
son/o
sound
tax/o
coordination
ten/o
tendon
tens/o
stretched
therm/o
hot/heat
ton/o
tone/tension
vers/o
turn/turning
a-,an-
without
ab-
away
ad-
towards
ambi-
both sides
ante-
before
bi-
both
brady-
slow
circum-
around
dorsi
back
dys-
painful
e-,ex-
out
demi-
half
hyper-
above
hypo-
below
in-
in,into,not
par-
near
quadri-
four
semi-
half
tachy-
fast
tri-
three
-ac,-al,-ar,ic
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
hernia/swelling
-ceps
heads
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
surgical removal
-esthesia
sensation
-gram
record
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-ion
process/state
-itis
inflamation
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown
-malacia
softening
-oma
tomor
-paresis
weakness
-penia
deficiency
-plasty
surgical repair
-plegia
paralysis
-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
-rrhexis
rupture
-scope
visual examination
-tomy
process of cutting
-tonia
tone/tention
-trophy
condition of growth
acl
anterior cruciate ligament
adl
activities of daily living
amb
walk
ap
ateroposterior
c/o
complains of
cat
computerised axial technogology
CFT
certified fitness trainer
cpr
cardiopolmonary resusication
ct
computer tomography
CTS
carpal tunnel syndrome
DMD
duchenne muscular dystrophy
DTR
deep tendon reflex
EMG
electromyogram
h
houra
hx
history
IM
intramuscular
L
left
LCL
lateral collateral ligament
MCL
medial collateral ligament
MD
muscular drytophy
mg
millagrams
MRI
magnetic resonanse
N/A
not applicable
NMI
nuclear medicine imagaging
NSAID
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
OTC
over the counter
PCL
posterior cruciate ligament
PCN
penicilian
PCP
primary care physician
PFT
personal fitness trainer
PRN
as needed
PT
physical therapy
pt
patient
Q2-3H
every 2 or 3 houra
r
right
rice
rest/ice
RMS
rhabdomyosarcoma
ROM
range of motion
wt
weight
y/o
years old