Musculoskeletal System 2 Flashcards by Sara Kirkwood

appendage

any body part attached o a main structure

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articulation

place of union between two or more bones, also called joints

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cancellous

latticelike arrangement of bony plates occurring at the ends of long bones

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cruciate ligaments

ligaments that cross each other, forming an X within the notch b/n the femoral condyles

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hematopoiesis

production and development of blood cells, normally in the bone marrow

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adduction

moves closer to the midline

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abduction

moves away from the midline

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flexion

decreases the angle of the joint

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extension

increases the angle of a joint

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rotation

moves a bone around it own axis

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pronation

turns the palm down

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supination

turns the palm up

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inversion

moves the sole fo the foot inward

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eversion

moves the sole of the foot outwards

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dorsiflexion

elevates the foot

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plantar flexion

lowers the foot (points the toes)

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ankyl/o

stiffness, bent, crooked

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arthr/o

joint

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kyph/o

humpback

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lamin/o

lamina (part of vertebral arch)

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lord/o

curve, swayback

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myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

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orth/o

straight

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oste/o

bone

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ped/o ped/i

foot; child

scoli/o

crooked, bent

thorac/o

chest

acromi/o

acromion (projection of the scpapula)

brachi/o

arm

calcane/o

calcaneum (heel bone)

carp/o

carpus (wrist bone)

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)

clavicul/o

clavicle (collar bone)

cost//o

crani/o

cranium (skull)

dactyl/o

finger; toes

femor/o

femur ( thigh bone)

fibul/o

humer/o

humerus (upper arm bone)

ili/o

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)

ischi/o

ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)

lumb/o

loins (lower bank)

metacarp/o

metacarpus (hand bones)

metatars/o

metatarsus (foot bone)

patell/o

patella

pelv/i

pelvis

phalang/o

phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes)

pod/o

foot

pub/o

pelvis bone (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

radi/o

radiation, x-ray, radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side)

spondyl/o vertebr/o

vertebrae (backbone)

stern/o

sternum (breastbone)

tibi/o

tibia (larger bone of te lower leg)

leiomy/o

smooth muscle (visceral)

muscul/o my/o

muscle

rhabd/o

rod-shaped (striated)

rhabdomy/o

rod-shaped (striated) muscle

chondr/o

cartilage

fasci/o

band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and seperating muscle)

fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

synov/o

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

ten/o tend/o tendin/o

tendon

-asthenia

weakness, debility

-blast

-clasia

to break, surgical fracture

-clast

to break, surgical fracture

-physis

growth

ankylosis

stiffening and immobility of a joint as a result of disease, trauma, surgery or abnormal bone fusion

claudication

lameness, limping

hemarthrosis

effusion of blood into a joint cavity

hypotonia

loss of musular tone or a diminished resistance to passive stretching

sequestrum

fragment of necrosed bone that has become seperated from surrounding tissue

spondylolisthesis

any slipping (subluxation) of a vertebra from its normal position in relationship to the one beneath it

spondylosis

degeneration of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar, vertebrae and related tissues

subluxation

partial or incomplete dislocation