Chapter 6- Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
1
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ankyl/o
A
crooked or stiff
2
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arthr/o, articul/o
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joint
3
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brachi/o
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arm
4
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cervic/o
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neck
5
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chondr/o
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cartilage
6
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cost/o
A
rib
7
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crani/o
A
skull
8
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dactyl/o
A
digit
9
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fasci/o
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fascia (band)
10
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femor/o
A
femur
11
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fibr/o
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fiber
12
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kyph/o
A
humpback
13
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lei/o
A
smooth
14
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lord/o
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bent
15
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lumb/o
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loin (lower back)
16
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myel/o
A
bone marrow or spinal cord
17
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my/o, myos/o, muscul/o
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muscle
18
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oste/o
A
bone
19
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patell/o
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knee cap
20
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pelv/i, pelv/o
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hipbone or pelvic cavity
21
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radi/o
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radius
22
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rhabd/o
A
rod shaped or striated (skeletal)
23
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sarc/o
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flesh
24
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scoli/o
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twisted
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spondyl/o, vertebr/o
vertebra
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stern/o
sternum
27
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
28
thorac/o
chest
29
ton/o
tone or tension
30
uln/o
ulna
31
arthralgia
joint pain
32
atrophy
shrinking of tissue as much as possible
33
crepitation, crepitus
grating sound made by movement of broken bones or some joints
34
exostosis
projection of bone that arises from cartilage
35
flaccid
deficient muscle tone
36
hypertrophy
increase in size of muscle
37
hypotonia
reduced muscle tone
38
myalgia, myodynia
muscle pain
39
ostealgia, osteodynia
bone pain
40
rigor, rigidity
stiffness, stiff muscle
41
spasm
involuntary contraction of muscle
42
spastic
uncontrolled contractions of skeletal muscle, causes stiff and awkward movements
43
tetany
tension, prolonged contraction
44
tremor
shaking muscular movement
45
ankylosis
stiff joint condition
46
arthritis
inflammation of joints, redness, swelling, warmth, and limitation of movement
47
rheumatoid arthritis
chronic inflammation affecting joints and synovial membranes, hands and feet, causing ankylosis
48
gouty arthritis
acute attacks of arthritis (usually in single joint), caused by hyperurecemia, excessive amount of uric acid in the blood
49
bony necrosis, sequestrum
dead bone tissue from loss of blood supply
50
bunion
swelling of joint at big toe caused by inflammation of bursa
51
bursitis
inflammation of bursa
52
carpal tunnel syndrome
from compression of median nerve within the carpal tunnel at the wrist, pain, numbness, tingling, weak grip of wrist and fingers
53
chondromalacia
softening of cartilage
54
epiphysitis
inflammation of epiphyseal regions of long bones
55
closed fracture
no open wound
56
open fracture
open wound, compound fracture
57
simple fracture
nondisplaced, one fracture line, no need of extensive repair
58
complex fracture
displaced, requires repair
59
fracture line
line made by broken bone
60
comminuted fracture
broken in many little pieces
61
greenstick fracture
bending and incomplete break of bone
62
herniated disk
protrusion of degenerated or fragmented intervertebral disc, nucleus pulposus protrudes, compression on nerve root
63
myeloma
bone marrow tumor
64
myositis
inflammation of muscle
65
myoma
muscle tumor
66
leiomyoma
smooth muscle tumor
67
leiomyosarcoma
malignant smooth muscle tumor
68
rhabdomyoma
skeletal muscle tumor
69
rhabdomyosarcoma
malignant skeletal muscle tumor
70
muscular dystrophy
genetically transmitted disease, progessive atrophy of skeletal muscle
71
osteoma
bone tumor
72
osteosarcoma
type of malignant bone tumor
73
osteomalacia
disease of softening of bones (deficiency of calcium and vitaminD)
74
rickets
osteomalacia in children
75
osteomyelitis
infection of bone and bone marrow causing inflammation
76
osteoporosis
decreased bone density, increased porosity
77
kyphosis
humpack, abnormal posterior curve of thoracic spine
78
lordosis
abnormal anterior curvature of lumbar spine, sway back
79
scoliosis
s-shaped, abnormal lateral curvature
80
spondylolisthesis
forward slipping of lumbar vertebra
81
spondylosis
immobile vertebrae from joint degeneration
82
sprain
ligament injury, joint trauma but no fracture or dislocation
83
subluxation
a partial dislocation
84
tendinitis, tendonitis
inflammation of tendon
85
analgesic
a drug that relieves pain
86
narcotic
potent analgesic (relieve pain)
87
antipyretic
a drug that relieves fever
88
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
drug with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties (ibuprofen, aspirin)
