Medical Terminology Chapter 10 Flashcards
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fasci/o
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band, fascia
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fibr/o
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fiber
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-leiomy
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smooth muscle
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lumb/o
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loins (lower back)
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muscul/o
my/o
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muscle
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ten/o
tend/o
tendin/o
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tendon
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-rrhaphy
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suture
10
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-sarcoma
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malignant tumor of connective tissue
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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decreases the angle of joint
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flexion
13
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move closer to midline
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adduction
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moves away from the midline
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abduction
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turns palms down
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pronation
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moves the sole of the foot inward
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eversion
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lowers the foot (points the toes)
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plantarflexion
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carp/o
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wrist
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cost/o
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ribs
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craniotomy
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incision through the cranium
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humer/o
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humerus
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phalang/o
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bones of fingers
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athr/o
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joint
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athritis
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inflammation of joint
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myelocele
swelling of spinal chord
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oste/o
bone
27
osteoitis
inflammation of bone
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desis
binding, fixation
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arthrodesis
surgical immobilization of joint
30
osteomalacia
softening of bones
31
osteoporosis
porous bones
32
-genesis
forming, producing, origin
33
myel/o
bone marrow and spinal chord
34
arthrocentesis
surgical puncture of joint
35
arthroplasty
surgical repair of joint
36
THR
total hip replacement
37
a bone that cuts through skin
open fracture
38
broken bone with no external wound
closed fracture
39
Fx
fracture
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CTS
carpal tunnel syndrome
41
RA
rheumatoid athritis
42
MG
myasthenia gravis
43
HNP
herniated nucleus pulposus
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hereditary disease characterized by gradual atrophy and weakness of muscle
muscular dystrophy
45
trauma to joint
sprain
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trauma to muscle
strain
47
abnormal sideward curvature of the spine
scoliosis
48
kyphosis
hunchback
49
AE
above elbow
50
Bk
below knee
51
Ak
above knee
52
condition of shortening or hardening muscles, tendons, etc
contracture
53
disease where the immune system attacks myelin that covers nerve fibers and causes communication problems between your brain and rest of body
MS
54
metacarp/o
metacarpus
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femor/o
femur
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stern/o
sternum
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-physis
growth
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-clast
break, surgical fracture
59
-porosis
porous
