Med Term Unit 5 Flashcards
ankyl/o
bent, crooked, stiff
arthr/o
joint
brachi/o
arm
burs/o
fluid filled sac near a joint
calcane/o
heel
carp/o
wrist
-cele
hernia, swelling, tumor
cervic/o
neck
chondr/o
cartilage
-clasia
breaking, crushing
cost/o
rib
crani/o
head, skull
dactyl/o
finger
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
-ectomy
removal
fasci/o
fascia
femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
kines-
movement, motion
kinesi/o
movement, motion
lumb/o
lumbar (lower back)
my/o
muscle
myos/o
muscle
muscul/o
muscle
myel/o
bone marrow (and spinal cord)
oste/o
bone
-paresis
slight/partial paralysis
patell/o
patella (knee cap)
-physis
growth
-plegia
paralysis
radi/o
x-ray, radiation, radius (lower arm bone)
spondyl/o
vertebra
stern/o
sternum (breast bone)
tars/o
ankle
tax/o
arrangement, order, coordination
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
thorac/o
chest
tibi/o
tibia (lower leg bone)
ton/o
tone, tension, stretching
-trophy
nourishment, development
achondroplasia
cartilage formation defect, a cause of dwarfism
ankylosis
bent, crooked or stiff joint
arthritis
inflammation of joints
atrophy
decrease in size, wasting away
crepitus, crepitation
grating or crackling sound, latin crepare “crackle”
fracture
broken bone
genu valgum
knock kneed
genu varus
bowlegged
graphospasm
writers cramp
hypertrophy
excess growth, abnormally large
kyphosis
hump back, abnormal forward curvature of upper spine
lordosis
sway back, abnormal forward curvature of lower spine
myosarcoma
muscle cancer
osteoarthritis
progressive loss of articular cartilage, overgrowth of adjacent bone, joint deformity, joint pain
osteogenesis imperfecta
brittle bone disease
osteosarcoma
bone cancer
rheumatoid arthritis
chronic autoimmune arthritis secondary to rheumatic fever
scoliosis
crooked back, abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
sprain
injury to a ligament
sprain
injury to a tendon or muscle
subluxaton
partial dislocation
analgesic
pain relieving drug
anti-arthritic
joint inflammation opposing drug
anti-inflammatory
inflammation opposing drug
antipyretic
fever reducing drug
arthroscopy
procedure of looking into a joint
closed reduction
reduce fracture without surgery
computed tomography
computer-aided x-ray imaging procedure
electromyogram
measure of electrical activity of a muscle
external fixation
stabilize fracture from outside the body (splint, cast, brace)
internal fixation
stabilize fracture from inside the body (screws, pins, plates)
intramuscular
into, within the muscle
magnetic resonance imaging
non x-ray computerized imaging, good for soft tissue
non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
medication to relieve pain, reduce inflammation, lower fever, usually available over the counter (non-prescription)
open reduction
reduce a fracture surgically
orthotic
brace, shoe insert
ACL
anterior cruciate ligament
C1-C7
the vertebrae of the neck. C1 is the top
CT
computerized tomography
EMG
electromyogram
Fx
fracture
IM
inramuscular
L1-L5
lumbar vertebrae
LCL
lateral collateral ligament
MCL
medial collateral ligament