muscles Flashcards
muscul/o
loan: musculus (-i) (m.)
muscles, mouse
my/o, myos/o, mys/o
muscle, mouse
rhabd/o
striated, rod, rod-like
lei/o
smooth
sarc/o
flesh, muscle
mer/o, -mer, -mere
part, partial
lemm/o, -lemma
membrane, husk, sheath-like structure
fibr/o, fibrill/o
loan: fibrilla, fibrillae (f.)
fiber, fibril (muscle fiber)
fascicul/o
loan: fasciculus (-i) (m.)
small bundle of rod-like structures, fascicle
tendin/o
loan: tendo (-ines) (m.)
tendon
ten/o, tenont/o
tendon
ton/o
tension, tone
capit/o, cipit/o, -ciput, -ceps
loan: caput (-ita), capitis (n.)
head, origin of a muscle
ventr/o
loan: venter (ventres), ventris (m.)
belly (of a muscle), cavity, abdomen
duc/o, duct/o
reduction
to lead, convey
restoring proper alignment of broken bone or fracture
abduct/o
loan: abductor (-es)
to lead or convey away (midline)
adduct/o
loan: adductor (-es)
to lead or convey toward (midline)
rot/o, rotat/o
to turn around
flex/o, -flex
to bend, flex
extens/o
to stretch out, straighten, extends
pron/o, pronat/o
face down, lying prone
supin/o, spinat/o
face up, lying supine
dilat/o
to spread out
sphincter/o
to bind/constrict, ringlike muscles of an orifice (sphincter)
pon/o, pos/o, posit/o
to place, put
oppon/o, oppos/o
to place opposite (oppose)
press/o
to press
depress/o
to press down
levat/o
to lift, raise
rect/o
straight, correct
erect/o, arrect/o
to lift up
minor, minus
minor (lesser, smaller, littler)
major, majus
major (greater, larger)
minimus, -a, pum
minimus (smallest, least, littlest)
maximus, -a, -um
maximus (largest, greatest, biggest)
longus, -a, -um
longus (long)
brevis, -e
brevis (short)
planus, -a, -um
planus (flat)
rectus, -a, -um
rectus (straight)
vastus, -a, -um
vastus (large, immense)
deltoideus, -a, -um
shaped like the Greek letter delta
hyoidus, -a, -um
shaped like the Greek letter upsilon
serratus, -a, -um
having a jagged edge, saw-like
teres, teretis
round, cylindrical
gracilis, -e
slender, thin
splenius, -a, -um
bandage
pectineus, -a, -um
comb, quill
malac/o, -malacia
soft, softening
orth/o
straight, correct, normal, upright
ped/o; -pedia
child; education in …
frang/o, fract/o
break, broken
-rhexis
rupture
lux/o
luxation, subluxation
dislocated
dislocation, (partial)
por/o
passage, pore
-penia
decrease, deficiency
crepit/o
creak, crackle
-agra
gout, attack (of severe pain)
rheum/o, rheumat/o
flow, discharge, rheumatoid arthritis
ankyl/o
stiff, fused, crooked
sequestr/o
fragment of bone/tissue
talip/o
deformity of foot and ankle
plan/o
flat
cav/o
hollow
valg/o
bent outward
var/o
bent inward
kyph/o
bent forward (convex posteriorly)
lord/o
bent backward (convex anteriorly)
lev/o
left
dextr/o
right
scoli/o
bent sideways, crooked
tors/o, tort/o
twist, turn
-olisthesis
slipping; dislocation
bifid/o
split in two
schiz/o, -schisis
a splitting, a cleft
spasmo/o
spasm
tract/o
traction
to draw, pull
pulling on bone to help with alignment
campt/o, campyl/o, -campsia, -campsis
bent, curved
muscularis, -e
muscular
capitalis, -e
capital
tendinus, -a, -um
tendineus, -a, -um
tendinous
ventralis, -e
ventral
insertio, insertionis (f.)
insertion
compartimenteum, -i (n.)
compartment
fascia, -ae (f.)
fascia (broad band, bandage)
latus, -a, -um
wide (broad)
ton-
stretchening, tightening
-algia, -odynia
pain
closed fracture
broken bone, no open wound
open fracture
broken bone, open wound
transverse fracture
fracture line at right angle
spiral fracture
fracture follows helix shape along a long bone
comminuted fracture
broken bone in pieces
impacted fracture
broken end of bone is wedged in another
greenstick fracture
bending, incomplete
avulsion fracture
pulling away of part of bone
orthosis
brace
prothesis
artificial limb
spondyl/o
vertebra
talipes
club foot
phyte, phyma
growth
