Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
1
Q
Fasci/o
A
Band, fascia
2
Q
Fibr/o
A
Fiber, fibrous
3
Q
Leiomy/o
A
Smooth muscle
4
Q
Lumb/o
A
Loins
5
Q
Muscul/o
A
Muscle
6
Q
My/o
A
Muscle
7
Q
Ten/o
A
Tendon
8
Q
Tend/o
A
Tendon
9
Q
Tendin/o
A
Tendon
10
Q
-algia
A
Pain
11
Q
-asthenia
A
Weakness, debility
12
Q
Hemi-
A
One half
13
Q
-rrhaphy
A
Suture
14
Q
-sarcoma
A
Malignant tumor of connective tissue
15
Q
Chondr/o
A
Cartilage
16
Q
Cost/o
A
Ribs
17
Q
Autorhythmicity
A
Built in rhythm
18
Q
-rrhexis
A
Rupture
19
Q
-genesis
A
Forming, producing, or origin
20
Q
Scler/o
A
Hardening
21
Q
Quadri-
A
Four
22
Q
Carp/o
A
Carpus
23
Q
-ptosis
A
Prolapse
24
Q
Cervic/o
A
Neck
25
Crani/o
Skull
26
Humer/o
Humerus
27
Metacarp/o
Metacarpus
28
Phalang/o
Phalanges
29
Spondyl/o
Vertebra
30
Vertebr/o
Vertebrae
31
Calcane/o
Calcaneum -- heel bone
32
Femor/o
Femur
33
Fibul/o
Fibula
34
Patell/o
Kneecap
35
Pelv/o
Pelvis
36
Pelv/I
Pelvis
37
Radi/o
Radiation, X-ray, radius
38
Tibi/o
Tibia- larger bone
39
Ankyl/o
Stiffness, bent,crooked
40
Arthr/o
Joint
41
Chondr/o
Cartilage
42
Lamin/o
Lamina
43
Orth/o
Straight
44
Clasia
-clast
To break
45
-desis
Binding, fixation
46
Physis
Growth
47
Synarthroses
Immovable joints
48
Porosis
Porous
49
My/o
Muscle
50
Diarthroses
Free movable joints
51
En
In, within
52
Amphiarthroses
Slightly movable joints
53
Greenstick fracture
Bent and broken-- children
Splinter
54
Comminuted fracture
Bone is broken into pieces
55
Impacted fracture
Broken ends of bones are forced into one another; many bone fragments may be created
56
Complicated fracture
Extensive soft tissue injury such as when a broken rib pierces a lung
57
Colles fracture
Lower end of the radius
Displacement of hand
Occurs when flexing hand to cushion fall
58
Incomplete fracture
Line of fracture does not include the whole bone
59
AE
Above the elbow
60
BE
Below the elbow
61
BK
Below the knee
62
HD
Hemodialysis
63
CTS
Carpal tunnel syndrome
64
HNO
Herniated nucleus pulpisus
65
IM
Intramuscular
66
THR
Total hip replacement
67
Scoli-
Crooked, bent
68
Listhesis
Slipping
69
Kyph
Hunchback
70
Lord-
Curve, swayback
71
MG
Myasthenia graves
72
RA
Rheumatoid arthritis
73
Talipes equinovarus
Congenital deformity of the foot, also called clubfoot
74
Torticollis
Spasmodic contraction of the neck muscles causing stiffness and testing of the neck also called wryneck
75
Contracture
Fibrosis of connective tissue in the skin, fascia, muscles, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or joint
76
Crepitation
Grating sound made by movement of bones ends rubbing together indicating a fractured joint destruction
77
Ewing sarcoma
Malignant tumor that develops from bone marrow usually in long bones or the pelvis
78
Paget
Go to disease affecting elderly people that causes chronic inflammation of bones resulting in thickening and softening of bones and Boeing of long bones also called osteitis deformans
79
Sublaxation
Chronic systemic inflammatory disease affecting the synovial membrane of multiple joints eventually resulting in crippling deformities
80
Sequestrum
Fragment of a necrosed bone that has become separated from surrounding tissue
81
Ankylosing spondylitis
Chronic inflammatory disease of unknown origin the first affects the spine and it's characterized by fusion and loss of mobility of two or more vertebrae also called Rheumatoid spondylolysis
82
Sequestrum
Segment of necrosed bone
83
Scoliosis
Abnormal side word curvature of the spine to left or right
84
Spondylolisthesis
Partial for dislocation of one vertebrae over one below it most commonly the fifth lumbar vertebra over the first sacral vertebrae also called spinal cord compression
