Musculoskeletal Flashcards
1
Q
calc/o, calci/o
A
calcium
2
Q
kyph/o
A
humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
3
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina
4
Q
lord/o
A
curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
5
Q
lumb/o
A
loins, lower back
6
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
7
Q
orth/o
A
straight
8
Q
oste/o
A
bone
9
Q
scoli/o
A
cooked, bent (lateral curvature)
10
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra (used to make words about the conditions of the structure)
11
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebra (used to describe the structure itself)
12
Q
-blast
A
embryonic or immature cell
13
Q
-clast
A
to break
14
Q
-listhesis
A
slipping
15
Q
-malacia
A
softening
16
Q
-physis
A
to grow
17
Q
-porosis
A
pore, passage
18
Q
-tome
A
instrument to cut
19
Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabulum (hip socket)
20
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneus (heel)
21
Q
carp/o
A
carpals (wrist bones)
22
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collar bone)
23
Q
cost/o
A
ribs (true, false, & floating)
24
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
25
femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
26
fibul/o
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
27
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
28
ili/o
ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone)
29
ischi/o
ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)
30
malleol/o
malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)
31
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jawbone)
32
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jawbone)
33
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
34
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
35
olecran/o
olecranon (elbow)
36
patell/o
patella (kneecap)
37
pelv/o
pelvis
38
phalang/o
phalanges (finger/toe bones)
39
pub/o
pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
40
radi/o
radius (forearm bone/ thumb side)
41
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
42
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
43
tars/o
tarsals (bones of the mid and hindfoot)
44
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
45
uln/o
ulna (forearm bone/ little finger side)
46
ankyl/o
stiff
47
arthr
joint
48
articul/o
joint
49
burs/o
bursa
50
chondr/o
cartilage
51
ligament/o
ligament
52
rheumat/o
watery flow
53
synov/o
synovial membrane
54
ten/o
tendon
55
tendin/o
tendon
56
-desis
to bind, tie together
57
-stenosis
narrowing
58
fasci/o
fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles)
59
fibr/o
fibrous connective tissue
60
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral)
61
my/o
muscle
62
myocardi/o
heart muscle
63
myos/o
muscle
64
plant/o
sole of the foot
65
rhabdomy/o
skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones
66
sarc/o
muscle and flesh
67
-asthenia
lack of strength
68
-trophy
development, nourishment
69
ab-
away from
70
ad-
toward
71
dorsi-
toward
72
poly-
many, much
