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Coding Lesson 06
Medical Coding Lesson 06 - Musculoskeletal System
Term | Definition |
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Osteo- | bones |
Chondro- | cartilage |
Arthro- | joints |
Myelo- | bone marrow |
Teno- or tendino- | tendons (tendons bind muscles to bones) |
Ligamento- | ligaments (ligaments bind bones to bones) |
Burso- | bursa (bursa are shock absorbers between tendons and bones) |
Myo- or Myoso- | muscle |
-malacia | Softening |
-porosis | The condition of being porous |
-asthenia | Weakness, loss of strength |
-trophy | Development, stimulation. (Using the prefixes a- or an- negates the term. So, a-trophy means literally without development.) |
-algia or -algesia | Pain |
-itis | Inflammation |
-oma | Swelling or tumor |
Arthritis | Inflammation of the joints |
Chondromalacia | Softening of the cartilage |
Osteoporosis | Porous bones |
Myeloma | Tumor of the bone marrow |
Tendinitis | Inflammation of the tendon |