Medical Terminology Chapter 10 Musculoskeletal System
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99 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| dactyl/o | digits (fingers and toes) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium (flared portion of hip bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
| kyph/o | hill, mountain |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| muscul/o, my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| ped/o, ped/i | child; foot |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| phalang/o | phalanges (finger, toe bones) |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pubis (pelvis bone) |
| radi/o | radius (lower arm bone); radiation, x-ray |
| rhabdomy/o | striated muscle |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra (disorders) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| synov/o | synovium, synovial fluid |
| tars/o | tarsals (ankle bones) |
| tendin/o, tend/o, ten/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
| uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (structure) |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -cele | hernia |
| -clasia, clasis | to break; surgical fracture |
| -desis | blinding, fixation of a bone or joint |
| -ism | condition |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | growth |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -porosis | porous |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| inter- | between |
| supra- | above; excessive; superior |
| syn- | together |
| ACL | anterior cruciate ligament |
| AE | above the elbow |
| AK | above the knee |
| BE | barium enema; below the elbow |
| BK | below the knee |
| C1, C2, and so on | first cervical vertebra, second cervical vertebra, and so on |
| Ca | calcium; cancer |
| CDH | congenital dislocation of the hip |
| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome |
| CT | computed tomography |
| DEXA, DXA | dual energy x-ray absorptiometry |
| DJD | degenerative joint disease |
| EMG | electromyography |
| Fx | fracture |
| MG | myasthenia gravis |
| HD | hemodialysis; hip disarticulation; hearing distance |
| HNP | herniated nucleus pulposus (herniated disk) |
| HP | hemipelvectomy |
| IS | intracostal space |
| IM | intramuscular; infectious mononucleosis |
| IV | intravenous |
| KD | knee disarticulation |
| L1, L2, and so on | first lumbar vertebra, second lumbar vertebra, and so on |
| LS | lumbarsacral spine |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MS | musculoskeletal; multiple sclerosis; mental status; mitral stenosis |
| NSAIDs | nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
| ORTH, ortho | orthopedics |
| P | phosphorus; pulse |
| PCL | posterior cruciate ligament |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis; right atrium |
| RF | rheumatoid factor; radio frequency |
| ROM | range of motion |
| SD | shoulder disarticulation |
| THA | total hip arthroplasty |
| THR | total hip replacement |
| TKA | total knee arthroplasty |
| TKR | total knee replacement |
| TRAM | transverse rectus abdominis muscle |
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