MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM Flashcards
weakness
Asthen/o
growth, acceleration
Aux/o
work
Erg/o
fascia, connective tissue
Fasci/o
fiber, fibrous
Fibr/o
bend
Flect/o, flex/o
movement
Kinesi/o
smooth
Lei/o
ligament
Ligament/o
muscle
Muscul/o, my/o, myos/o
old
Pale/o
buttock
Pyg/o
rod
Rhabd/o
skeletal muscle
Rhabdomy/o
turn, rotate, revolve
Rot/o, Rotat/o
strength
Sthen/o
ligament, connective tissue
Syndesm/o
tendon
Ten/o, Tenont/o
treatment
Therapeut/o
tone, tension
Ton/o
stiff, crooked, bent
Ankyl/o
stiff, crooked, bent
Ankyl/o
joint
Arthr/o, Articul/o
arm
Brachi/o
bursa
Burs/o
heel
Calcane/o
wrist
Carp/o
center
Centr/o
head
Cephal/o
cervix, neck of the uterus
Cervic/o
hand
Cheir/o, Chir/o
cartilage
Chondr/o
clavicle
Cleid/o
coccyx, tailbone
Coccyg/o
rib
Cost/o
hip
Cox/o
hip
Cox/o
Skull
Crani/o
elbow, forearm
Cubit/o
digit of finger/toe
Dactyl/o
tooth, teeth
Dent/o
face
Faci/o
femur
Femor/o
fibula, small calf
bone
Fibul/o
chin
Geni/o
jaw
Gnath/o
knowledge
Gnos/o
angle
Goni/o
circle, spiral
Gyr/o
humerus, upper arm bone
Humer/o
ilium, bone in pelvis
Ili/o
ischium, lower back hip bone
Ischi/o
humpback
Kyph/o
lamina, plate or layer
Lamin/o
fat
Lip/o
curvature, bending
Lord/o
oblique, slanting
Lox/o
lower back, loin
Lumb/o
maxilla, upper jaw
Maxill/o
limb, limbs
Mel/o
shoulder
Om/o
backward, behind
Opisth/o
bone
Oste/o
patella, knee cap
Patell/o
foot
Ped/o, pod/o
pelvis
Pelv/i
fibula, small calf bone
Perone/o
stone
Petr/o
phalanges, finger/ toe
bones
Phalang/o
pubis
Pub/o
spine
Rachi/o
sacrum
Sacr/o
scapula, shoulder
blade
Scapul/o
crooked, twisted
Scoli/o
skeleton
Skelet/o
spinal cord, spine
Spin/o
vertebrae, spinal
cord
Spondyl/o
sternum
Stern/o
synovia, joint fluid
membrane
Synov/o
talus, bone connecting
leg to foot
Tal/o
tarsus, foot bone,
edge of eyelid
Tars/o
tibia, large calf bone
Tibi/o
vertebra
Vertebr/o
sword-shaped,
xiphoid
Xiph/o