Muscular system Flashcards
ambul/o, ambulat/o
walk
amb/i
both
ankyl/o
crooked, bent, stiff
arthr/o, articul/o
joint
burs/o
bursa
calc/o, calci-
calcium
caud/o
tall
chondr/o
cartilage
cry/o
cold
dextr/o
performing tasks with hands
dist/o
far, away from the point of attachment
encephal/o
brain
fontan/o
fontanel
kinesi/o, -kinsia
movement
menisc/o
meniscus
meningi/o, mening/o
meninges
-asthenia
weakness
-blast
build
-clast
destroy
-desis
fixation
-pexy
surgical fixation
-phobia
abnormal fear
-physis
to grow
-plegia
stroke, paralysis
-poiesis
formation
-rrhexis
rupture, tear
-taxia
coordination
-therapy
treatment
meter/o, -meter
measure
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
my/o
muscle
orth/o
teeth
pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity
physi/o
physical, function
por/o
pore, small opening
proxim/o
near
quadr/i, quadr/o
four
roentgen/o
x-ray
sarc/o
soft tissue
scoli/o, scoli-
curved, bent
synov/o, synovi/o
synovial membrane
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
troph/o, -trophy
development
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
de-
decrease, lack of
endo-, en-, intra-
within, inside
hemi-
half
inter-
between, among
meta-
beyond
peri-
aroud
para-
beside, near
-gram
a picture or a record
-graphy
process of recording