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Musculoskeletal System Vocab Flashcards

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Chondro

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Relating to cartilage

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Osteo

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Relating to bones

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Arthro

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Relating to joints

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Myelo-

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Relating to bone marrow

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Teno- or Tendino

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Relating to tendons (tendons bind muscle to bones)

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Ligamento

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Relating to ligaments (ligaments bind bones to bones)

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Burso

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Relating to bursa (bursa are shock absorbers between tendons and bones)

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Myo- or Myoso

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Relating to muscle

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-malacia

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Softening

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-porosis

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The condition of being porous

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-asthenosphere

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Weakness, loss of strength

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-trophy

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Development, stimulation (uses the prefixes a- or an- negates the term. So atrophy means literally without development)

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-alga or -algesia

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Pain

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-oma

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Swelling and tumor

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Axial skeleton

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The trunk of the body (excluding arms and legs)

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Cervical

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Uppermost area of spine (top seven vertebrae)

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Coccyx

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Lower tip of the spine

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Diaphysis

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The shaft part of the long bone

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Distal Skeleton

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Bones farthest from the axial skeleton ( lower arms, lower legs, hands, feet)

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Epiphysis

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The knob end of a long bone

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Intervertebral disc

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A cartilage cushion between vertebrae in the spine

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Lumbar

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Spine of the lower back (five vertebrae below thoracic)

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Metaphysis

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Where the diaphysis joins the epiphysis.

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Proximal skeleton

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Bones closest to the axial skeleton (upper arms and legs)

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Sacrum

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Vertebrae within the pelvic girdle, which fuse in late teens

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Thoracic

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Spine of the upper body (middle twelve vertebrae)

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Vertebra

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A cylindrical bone of the spinal column, enclosing the spinal cord

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Flexors

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Muscles that contract or bend at the joint

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Extensors

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Muscles that extend at the joint (opposite of flexors)

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Abductors

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Muscles that move the body parts away from the trunk.

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Adductors

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Muscles that move body parts toward the trunk.

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Greenstick fracture

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Incomplete fracture (think of breaking a tree branch that is still green)

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Closed fracture

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Simple, complete

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Open fracture

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Compound

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Impacted fracture

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Telescoped

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Spiral fracture

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The break encircles the bone in a spiral shape

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Comminuted fracture

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The bone is broken, splintered or crushed in several pieces

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