musculoskeletal system Flashcards
1
Q
articul
A
joint
2
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brevi
A
short
3
Q
burs
A
bursa
leather sac - sac or cavity found on connective tissue close to the joints
4
Q
carp
A
carpus (8 bones of wrist joint)
5
Q
cubit
A
elbow
6
Q
digit
A
finger, toe
7
Q
fasci
A
(band) fibrous membrane covering, supporting and separating muscles or inner organs of the body
8
Q
fascicul
A
little band, especially of nerve and muscle fibres
9
Q
femor
A
femur, thigh bone
10
Q
fibr
A
fibre
11
Q
fibul
A
fibula
(clasp, buckle, brick or pin - long thin outer bone of lower leg)
12
Q
foramen, foramin
A
passage, opening, hiatus, hole in a bone for passage of vessels or nerves
13
Q
genu
A
knee
14
Q
humer
A
humerus
15
Q
ili
A
ilium, flank
16
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ligament
A
ligament
ligare - to bind