Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
1
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costalgia
A
rib pain
2
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metatarsalgia
A
pain in the bones of the foot
3
Q
ostalgia
A
bone pain
4
Q
ostealgia
A
bone pain
5
Q
osteodynia
A
bone pain
6
Q
spondylodynia
A
vertebra pain
7
Q
tibialgia
A
tibia (shin) pain
8
Q
ankylosis
A
condition of stiff joints
9
Q
arthralgia
A
joint pain
10
Q
arthrodynia
A
joint pain
11
Q
cervicodynia
A
neck pain
12
Q
crepitation
A
a crackling sound heard in joints
13
Q
genu valgum
A
bow-legged
14
Q
genu varum
A
knock-kneed
15
Q
bradykinesia
A
slow movement
16
Q
dyskinesia
A
inability to control movement
17
Q
dystaxia
A
poor coordination
18
Q
dystonia
A
poor muscle tone
19
Q
graphospasm
A
writer’s cramp
20
Q
hyperkinesia
A
increase in muscle movement or activity
21
Q
hypertonia
A
increased muscle tone or tightness
22
Q
hypokinesia
A
decrease in muscle movement or activity
23
Q
hypotonia
A
decrease in muscle tone or tightness
24
Q
myalgia
A
muscle pain
25
myasthenia
muscle weakness
26
myodynia
muscle pain
27
myospasm
muscle spasm
28
tenalgia
tendon pain
29
arthrocentesis
puncture of a joint
30
arthrogram
visual record of a joint
31
arthrography
procedure used to examine a joint
32
arthroscope
instrument for looking into a joint
33
arthroscopy
procedure of looking into a joint
34
computed axial tomography (CAT or CT)
imaging procedure using a computer to produce cross sections along an axis
35
electromyogram
a record of the electrical activity of a muscle
36
electromyography
procedure for measuring the electrical activity of a muscle
37
osteometry
procedure for measuring bone
38
humped back; abnormal forward curvature of the upper spine
kyphosis
39
sway back; abnormal forward curvature of the lower spine
lordosis
40
crooked back; abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
scoliosis
41
wrist inflammation
carpitis
42
craniomalacia
softening of the skull
43
exostosis
abnormal bone growth out of another bone
44
fracture
a bone break
45
osteodystrophy
poor bone development
46
osteolysis
bone loss
47
osteonecrosis
death of bone
48
osteosclerosis
abnormal hardening of bone
49
polydactyly
having more than the normal number of fingers (or toes)
50
spondylitis
vertebra inflammation
51
spondylomalacia
softening of the vertebra
52
syndactyly
fusion (sometimes called webbing) of fingers (or toes)
53
tarsoptosis
flat feet
54
bursolith
a stone in a bursa
55
effusion
fluid build-up
56
hemarthrosis
blood in a joint
57
hydrarthrosis
water (fluid) in a joint
58
pyarthrosis
pus in a joint
59
atrophy
underdevelopment, decrease, or loss of muscle tissue
60
hypertrophy
overdevelopment of muscle tissue
61
myocele
hernia of muscle tissue
62
myolysis
loss of muscle tissue
63
softening of a muscle
myomalacia
64
hardening of a muscle
myosclerosis
65
stretching of a muscle
myotasis
66
muscle tone
myotonia
67
a stiffening inflammation of the vertebrae
ankylosing spondylitis
68
poor development of bones and cartilage
chondroosteodystrophy
69
craniosynostosis
premature fusing of the skull bones
70
finger inflammation
dactylitis
71
hypertrophic spondylitis
overdevelopment of the vertebrae causing inflammation
72
bone inflammation
osteitis
73
osteocarcinoma
bone cancer tumor
74
inflammation of bone and cartilage
osteochondritis
75
tumor made up of bone and cartilage, also known as an exostosis made up of cartilage
osteochondroma
76
disease in which bones do not develop correctly, also known as brittle bone disease
osteogenesis imperfecta
77
osteomalacia
softening of the bone
78
osteomyelitis
inflammation of the bone and bone marrow
79
bone disease
osteopathy
80
reduction in bone volume
osteopenia
81
loss of bone density
osteoporosis
82
osteosarcoma
cancerous tumor arising out of bone cells
83
spinal stenosis
abnormal narrowing of the spine
84
spondyloarthropathy
joint disease of the vertebrae
85
slipping or dislocation of a vertebra
spondylolisthesis
86
loss of vertebra structure
spondylolysis
87
spondylosis
vertebra condition
88
arthritis
joint inflammation
89
-physis
growth
90
oste/o
bone
91
crani/o
head, skull
92
cervic/o
neck
93
spondyl/o
vertebra
94
lumb/o
loin. lower back
95
brachi/o
arm
96
tars/o
ankle
97
dactyl/o
finger
98
carp/o
wrist
99
cost/o
rib
100
femor/o
femur
101
tibi/o
tibia
102
chondr/o
cartilage
103
arthr/o
joint
104
burs/o
bursa
105
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
106
muscul/o, my/o, myos/o
muscle
107
fasci/o
fascia (fibrous connective tissue binding muscles together)
108
ton/o
tone, tension
109
kinesi/o, kinet/o
movement, motion
110
tax/o
arrangement, order, coordination
111
ankyl/o
stiff, bent
