Musculoskeletal Flashcards
1
Q
Adip/o-, steato-, lipo-
A
Fat
2
Q
Ambul/o
A
To walk
3
Q
Ankyl/o
A
Fuse or bind
4
Q
Arachino-
A
Spider
5
Q
Arthr/o
A
Joint
6
Q
Artícul/o
A
Jointed
7
Q
-asthenia
A
Weakness
8
Q
Avuls/i-
A
To tear
9
Q
Brach/i
A
Arm
10
Q
Brachy-
A
Short
11
Q
Burs/o
A
Sac,wine sac, pouch
12
Q
Calcin/o
A
Calcium
13
Q
Calx-
A
Heel or lime
14
Q
Caput
A
Head
15
Q
Carcin/o
A
Crab-like
16
Q
Carp/o
A
Wrist
17
Q
Celi/o
A
Abdomen or belly
18
Q
Cerv/i
A
Neck
19
Q
Chondr/o
A
Cartilage
20
Q
Clavicul/o
A
Collarbone
21
Q
Cleido-
A
Clavicle or collarbone
22
Q
Clino-
A
Bent
23
Q
Coccyg/o
A
Tailbone
24
Q
Condylo-
A
Knuckle
25
Crani/o
Skull
26
Cruc/i-
Cross or cross like
27
cub/o
Cube or cube-shaped
28
Cubit/o
Elbow
29
Dactylo-
Digits
30
Delta
Fan-shaped or triangular
31
Digit
Finger or toe
32
Facet/o
Face
33
Fasc/i
Band
34
Femor/o
Thigh
35
Fibrill/o
To quiver
36
Fibro-
Fiber
37
Fibul/o
To clasp
38
Fil-
Thread
39
Fore-
Before
40
Fract/o-
To break
41
Genu-
Knee
42
Hallux
Great or big toe
43
Humer/o-
Arm (upper)
44
-icle
Small or tiny
45
Infra-
Under or below
46
Ischi/o
Hip joint or hip
47
Kine-, kym/o-
Movement or motion
48
Kyph/o
Hunchback
49
Lamin/o
Thin, flat plane or thin layer
50
Lei/o
Smooth
51
Levat/o
Lift up
52
Liga-
To bind
53
-listhesis
Slippage
54
Lord/o-
Swayback or to bend
55
Lumb/o-
Loin
56
Luna-
Crescent shaped or moon
57
Lux-
To dislocate
58
Malac/o
Soft or softening
59
Mall/e/olus
Little hammer
60
Man/o
Hand
61
Mand/i
Chew or chewer
62
Maxill/o-
Upper jaw
63
Menisc/o-
Crescent
64
-motor
Movement or motion
65
Myo-
Muscle
66
Navicul/o-
Boat or boat-shaped
67
Oblique
Sidelong or slanted
68
Occult/o-
Hidden
69
-oma
Tumor or swelling
70
Omo-
Shoulder
71
Oste/o-
Bone
72
Pariet/o
Wall or partition
73
Patell/o-
Little dish or kneecap
74
Pect/o, pectero
Chest
75
Ped-
Foot or feet
76
Pelvi/o-
Base, basin, pelvis
77
Peritone
That which holds the lower viscera
78
Peroneo-
Concerning lower outside leg bone
79
Pes
Foot
80
Phalang/o
Close knit row(fingers and toes)
81
Phoc/o
Seal
82
Phrag/o-
Wall or partition
83
-physis
Growth or nature of
84
Pollex-
Thumb
85
Por/o-
Cavity or passage
86
Psoas
Loin or lumbar
87
Pulp/o-
Solid flesh
88
Rhachi/o
Spine, spinal column , vertebrae
89
Rheumat/o-
Discharge or flow through
90
Rhomb/o
Parallelogram or diamond shaped
91
Recketts/ia
Bacteria discovered by Howard Ricketts
92
Rotat/o-
To turn or swing around
93
Sacr/o-
Saucer or sacred bone
94
Sarc/o-
Fleshy
95
Scapul/o
Shoulder blade
96
Scoli/o
Crooked or twisted
97
Skeleto
Dried up or to attach
98
Sole-
The sole of the foot
99
Spad/i-
To tear
100
-spasm
Involuntary contraction
101
Spin/o
Thorn or thorny
102
Spondyl/o-
Vertebra
103
Sprain
To wring out or press oit
104
Sterno
Chest,breastbone
105
Strain
To draw tight
106
Sur/a
On calf of leg
107
Tal/o
Ankle
108
Tars/o
Broad flat surface
109
-taxia
Muscle coordination
110
Ten/o-
Tendon
111
Tens/o-
To stretch
112
Terat/o
Monster
113
Teres
Round
114
Tetan/o
Spasm
115
Then/o
Palm of hand or sole of feet
116
Thorac/o
Chest
117
Tibia
Shinbone
118
Trache/o
Rough
119
Ulna
Elbow
120
Vag/o
Wanderer(longest cranial nerve)
121
Valg/u-
Inward
122
Varu-
Outward
123
-version
To turn
124
Vertebr/o
Jointed
