Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
1
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artha
A
joints
2
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burs
A
bursa
3
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carp
A
carpus
4
Q
chondr
A
cartilage
5
Q
cost
A
rib
6
Q
crani
A
cranium (skull)
7
Q
femor
A
femur
8
Q
ili
A
ilium
9
Q
ischi
A
ischium
10
Q
kinesi
A
movement, motion
11
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kyph
A
hump (spine)
12
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lord
A
bent forward (spine)
13
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necr
A
death
14
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oste
A
bone
15
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phalang
A
phalanx
16
Q
pub
A
pubis
17
Q
rachi
A
vertebra, spine, vertebral, column
18
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scoli
A
crooked, curved (spine)
19
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spondyl
A
vertebra, spine, vertebral column
20
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stern
A
sternum
21
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ten
A
tendon
22
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tendin
A
tendon
23
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troph
A
development
24
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vertedr
A
vertebra, spine
25
inter-
between
26
-asthenia
weakness
27
-desis
surgical fusion (to immobilize)
28
-malacia
softening
29
-schisis
split, fissure
30
carpal tunnel syndrome
nerve entrapment disorder of the wrist
31
gout
excessive amount of uric acid in the blood causes sodium urate crystals to be deposited in the joints
32
herniated disk
rupture of intervertebral disk cartilage causing pressure on the nerve roots
33
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
diagnostic imaging test
34
muscular dystrophy (MD)
hereditary disease that's degeneration of muscle and weakness
35
rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
chronic systemic disease characterized by inflammatory changes in the connective tissue throughout the body
