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musculoskeletal
Term | Definition |
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fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting &separating muscles) |
fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
ten/o | tendon |
tend/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness,debility |
-pathy | disease |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-tomy | incision |
flexion | decreases the angle of a joint |
extension | increases the angle of a joint |
adduction | moves closer to the midline |
abduction | moves away from the midline |
rotation | moves a bone around its axis |
pronation | turns the palm down |
supination | turns the palm up |
eversion | moves the sole of the foot inward |
inversion | moves the sole of the foot outwards |
dorsiflexion | elevates the foot |
plantar flexion | lowers the foot (points the toes) |
carp/o | wrist |
cervic/o | neck(neck of the uterus) |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | skull |
humer/o | upper arm bone |
metacarp/o | hand bones |
phalang/o | fingers and toes |
spondyl/o* | backbone |
vertebr/o* | backbone |
stern/o | breastbone |
calcane/o | heel bone |
femor/o | thigh bone |
fibul/o | smaller ,outer bone of the lower leg |
patell/o | kneecap |
pelv/it | pelvis |
pelv/o | pelvis |
radi/o | lower arm bone on the thumb side |
tibi/o | larger bone of the lower leg |
ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartilage |
lamin/o | part of the vertebral arch |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
-clast | to break surgical fracture |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | of a bone or joint |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | growth |
-porosis | porous |