Chapter 6 Flashcards
1
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articul/o
A
joint
2
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burs/o
A
purse or sac, bursa
3
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
4
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condyl/o
A
knuckle of a join
5
Q
cost/o
A
rib
6
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ischi/o
A
haunch, hip joint, ischium
7
Q
menisc/o
A
meniscus
8
Q
my/o, myos/o
A
muscle
9
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
10
Q
pariet/o
A
wall
11
Q
petr/o
A
stone
12
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pub/o
A
pubis
13
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sacr/o
A
sacred, sacrum
14
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra
15
Q
synov/o, synovi/o
A
synovial
16
Q
tars/o
A
tarsal bone
17
Q
tax/o
A
reaction to a stimulus, movement
18
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ten/o
A
stretch, tendon
19
Q
troph/o
A
development
20
Q
ataxia
A
Inability to coordinate muscles during voluntary activity
21
Q
atrophy
A
reduction of muscle strength due to disuse
22
Q
decalcification
A
hormonal disorder upsetting the calcium balance between bloodstream and bone
23
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dyskinesia
A
condition of abnormal movement
24
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dystrophy
A
process of abnormal development
25
ankyl/o
crooked
26
kyph/o
hump
27
lord/o
bent forward
28
-ptosis
drooping
29
achondroplasia
Dwarfism
30
ankylosis
condition of crooked, abnormal adhesion of two bones causing damage
31
arthrochondritis
joint pain during movements. temporary
32
Carpal tunnel syndrome
inflammation of the wrist
33
carpoptosis
drooping of the wrist
34
Degenerative joint disease
DJD. cartilage undergoes degeneration
35
Duchenne muscular dystophy
muscle degeneration progressive muscle weakness and deterioration
36
fibromyalgia
widespread pain of structures like the face, limbs and trunk
37
herniated disk
joint between two adjacent vertebrae of the spine
38
osteogenesis imperfecta
impaired bone growth and fragile bones
39
rickets
bowed legs and growth retardation
40
arthrocentesis
excess fluids are withdrawn from the joint
41
arthroclasia
stiff joint must be broken during surgery to increase rom.
42
arthrodesis
surgical fixation of a joint
43
arthrolysis
a joint is loosened of restrictions
44
arthroplasty
repair a joint
