Musculoskeletal Flashcards
1
Q
Cephal/o
A
Head
2
Q
Cervic/o
A
Neck
3
Q
Calcane/o
A
Heel bone
4
Q
Cubit/o
A
Elbow
5
Q
Carp/o
A
Wrist bones
6
Q
Cost/o
A
Rib
7
Q
Crani/o
A
Skull
8
Q
Dactyl/o
A
Fingers, toes
9
Q
Faci/o
A
Face
10
Q
Femor/o
A
Femur
11
Q
Fibul/o
A
Fibula
12
Q
Hy/o
A
Hyoid
13
Q
Humer/o
A
Humerus
14
Q
Lamin/o
A
Lamina of the vertebra
15
Q
Lumb/o
A
Lower back
16
Q
Mandibul/o
A
Lower jaw
17
Q
Odont/o and dent/o
A
Tooth
18
Q
Oste/o
A
Bone
19
Q
Patell/o
A
Patella
20
Q
Phalange/o
A
Bones of fingers and toes
21
Q
Pub/o
A
Pubis
22
Q
Ped/o
A
Foot
23
Q
Radi/o
A
Radius or x-ray
24
Q
Rachi/o
A
Vertebrae
25
Sacr/o
Sacrum
26
Spondyl/o
Spine
27
Thorac/o
Chest
28
Tars/o
Ankle bone
29
Tibi/o
Tibia
30
Uln/o
Ulna
31
Vertebr/o
Backbone
32
Ambul/o
Walk
33
Amb/i
Both
34
Ankyl/o
Crooked/bent/stiff
35
Arthr/o
Joint
36
Burs/o
Bursa
37
Calc/o
Calcium
38
Caud/o
Tail
39
Chondr/o
Cartilage
40
Destr/o
Performing tasks using hands
41
Dist/o
Far away from point of origin
42
Encephal/o
Brain
43
Fontan/o
Fontanel
44
Kinesi/o
Movement
45
Menisc/o
Meniscus
46
Meningi/o
Meninges
47
-asthenia
Weakness
48
-blast
Build
49
-clast
Destroy
50
-desis
Fixation
51
-pexy
Surgical fix
52
-phobia
Abnormal fear
53
-physis
To grow
54
-plegia
Paralysis/stroke
55
-poiesis
Formation
56
-rrhexis
Rupture, tear
57
-taxia
Coordination
58
meter/o
Measure
59
-meter
Measure
60
Myel/o
Bone marrow/Spinal cord
61
My/o and Muscul/o
Muscle
62
Pelv/o
Pelvic Bone
63
Physi/o
Function
64
Por/o
Pore
65
Proxim/o
Near
66
Roentgen/o
X-ray
67
Sarc/o
Soft tissue
68
Scoli/o
Curved/Bent
69
Synov/o
Synovial membrane
70
Ten/o
Tendon
71
Troph/o
Development
72
Ab-
Away from, absent
73
Ad-
Toward
74
De-
Decrease
75
Meta-
Beyond
76
-gram
Record
77
-graphy
Process of recording
