skeletal system Flashcards
chondr/o
cartilage
cost/o
rib
hemat/o
blood
lumb/o
loins,lowerback
myel/o
bone marrow
oste/o
bone
radi/o
radiation,x-rays, radius
sacr/o
sacrum
spodyl/o
vertebrae
stern/o
sternum
vertebr/o
vertebrae
-centesis
surgical puncture
clasia
to break, surgical fractures
clast
to break
desis
binding
poiesis
formations
porosis
porous
um
structure
ct
computed tomography (cat scan)
fx
fracture
ORTHO
orthopedics
RICE
rest, ice, compression, elevation
C1, C2, ….. C7
cervical vertebrae 1, cervical vertebrae 2
T1, T2 ….. T12
thoracic vertebrae 1, thoracic vertebrae 1
L1, L2, …. L5
lumbar vertebrae 1,2,3, etc
articulation
joint where two bones come together
atlas
cervical vertebr1
axis
cervical vertebra 2
crepitation
grating sound made when bone ends rub together
degeneration
deteriorating
dislocation
displacement of bone ends at a jiont
hematopoiesis
production of blood cells
subluxation
partial dislocation (it goes back on its own)