musculoskeletal system Flashcards
articul
joint
brevi
short
burs
bursa
leather sac - sac or cavity found on connective tissue close to the joints
carp
carpus (8 bones of wrist joint)
cubit
elbow
digit
finger, toe
fasci
(band) fibrous membrane covering, supporting and separating muscles or inner organs of the body
fascicul
little band, especially of nerve and muscle fibres
femor
femur, thigh bone
fibr
fibre
fibul
fibula
(clasp, buckle, brick or pin - long thin outer bone of lower leg)
foramen, foramin
passage, opening, hiatus, hole in a bone for passage of vessels or nerves
genu
knee
humer
humerus
ili
ilium, flank
ligament
ligament
ligare - to bind
lumb
loins, part of the back between thorax and pelvis
malle
melleus (hammer)
manu
hand
muscul
muscle
patell
patella, kneecap (little dish)
phalang
phalanx
line or row
plant
sole of the foot
radi
radius (inner bone of forearm)