Med Terms - Musculoskeletal Vocab Flashcards
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ambul/o
ambulat/o
A
walk
2
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amb/i
A
both
3
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ankyl/o
A
crooked, bent
4
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arthr/o
articul/o
A
joint
5
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burs/o
A
bursa (sack of fluid by a joint)
6
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calc/o
calci-
A
calcium, heel
7
Q
caud/o
A
tail
8
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
9
Q
cry/o
A
cold
10
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dextr/o
A
performing tasks with hands
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dist/o
A
far, away
12
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encephal/o
A
brain
13
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fontan/o
A
soft spot on infants head
14
Q
kinesi/o
-kinsia
A
movement
15
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menisc/o
A
meniscus (cartilage between joints)
16
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meningi/o
mening/o
A
meninges (protective layer around the brain)
17
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myel/o
A
bone marrow, or spinal cord
18
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my/o
muscul/o
A
muscle
19
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orth/o
A
straight, normal, correct
20
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pelv/i
pelv/o
A
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity (hip)
21
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physi/o
A
physical, function
22
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por/o
A
pore (small opening)
23
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proxim/o
A
near
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quadr/i
quadr/o
A
four
25
roentgen/o
x-ray
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sarc/o
soft tissue
27
scoli/o
| scoli-
curved, bent
28
synov/o
| synovi/o
synovial membrane (surrounds a joint)
29
ten/o
tend/o
tendin/o
tendon - stretch out, extend, strain
| joins a muscle to a bone
30
troph/o
| -trophy
development
31
-asthenia
weakness, lack of strength
32
-blast
build
33
-clast
destroy
34
-desis
fixation
35
-pexy
surgical fixation
36
-phobia
abnormal fear
37
-physis
to grow
38
-plegia
paralysis, stoke
39
-poiesis
formation
40
-rrhexis
rupture
41
-taxia
coordination
42
-therapy
treatment
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ab-
away from, absent
44
ad-
toward
45
de-
decrease, lack of deodorant
46
endo-
en-
intra-
within, inside
47
hemi-
half
48
inter-
between, among
49
meta-
beyond
50
peri-
surrounding (around)
51
para-
beside, near
