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Med Term Ch 15
Chapter 15 Med Term (Musculoskeletal System)
Term | Definition |
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Calc/o | calcium |
Calci/o | calcium |
Kyph/o | humpback/hunchback/posterior curvature in thoracic region |
Lamin/o | lamina/part of the vertebral arch |
Lord/o | curve/swayback/anterior curvature in the lumbar region |
Lumb/o | loins/lower back |
Myel/o | bone marrow |
Orth/o | straight |
Oste/o | bone |
Scoli/o | crooked/bent/lateral curvature |
Spondyl/o | vertebra – used to make words about conditions of the vertebra |
Vertebr/o | vertebra – used to describe the vertebra itself |
-blast | embryonic or immature cell |
-clast | to break |
-listhesis | slipping |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | to grow |
-porosis | pore/passage |
-tome | instrument to cut |
Acetabul/o | acetabulum/hip socket |
Calcane/o | calcaneus/heel |
Carp/o | carpals/wrist bones |
Clavicul/o | clavicle/collar bone |
Cost/o | ribs |
Crani/o | cranium/skull |
Femor/o | femur/thigh bone |
Fibul/o | fibula/smaller lower leg bone |
Humer/o | humerus/upper arm bone |
Ili/o | ilium/upper part of pelvic bone |
Ischi/o | ischium/posterior part of pelvic bone |
Malleol/o | malleolus/process on each side of the ankle |
Mandibul/o | mandible/lower jawbone |
Maxilla/o | maxilla/upper jawbone |
Metacarp/o | metacarpals/hand bones |
Metatars/o | metatarsals/foot bones |
Olecran/o | olecranon/elbow |
Patell/o | patella/kneecap |
Pelv/i | pelvis/hipbone |
Perone/o | fibula |
Phalang/o | phalanges/finger and/or toe bones |
Pub/o | pubis/anterior part of the pelvic bone |
Radi/o | radius/forearm bone on thumb side |
Scapula/o | scapula/shoulder blade |
Stern/o | sternum/breastbone |
Tars/o | tarsals/bones of the hindfoot |
Tibi/o | tibia/shin bone |
Uln/o | ulna/forearm bone on little finger side |
Ankyl/o | stiff |
Arthr/o | joint |
Articul/o | joint |
Burs/o | bursa |
Chrondr/o | cartilage |
Ligament/o | ligament |
Rheumat/o | watery flow |
Synov/o | synovial membrane |
Ten/o | tendon |
Tendin/o | tendon |
-desis | to bind/tie together |
-stenosis | narrowing |
Fasci/o | fascia/forms sheaths enveloping muscles |
Fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
Leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
My/o | muscle |
Myocardi/o | heart muscle |
Myos/o | muscle |
Plant/o | sole of the foot |
Rhabdomy/o | skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
Sarc/o | muscle and flesh |
-asthenia | lack of strength |
-trophy | development/nourishment |
Ab- | away from |
Ad- | toward |
Dorsi- | back |
Poly- | many/much |