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Musculoskeletal MT
Mr. G. "Musculoskeletal" Medical Terms - chapter 15 Chabner
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calc/o, calci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback, hunchback |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
| lord/o | curve; swayback |
| lumb/o | loins, lowerback |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| -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 jaw bone) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| 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 |
| radi/o | radius |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder) |
| stern/o | sternum |
| tars/o | tarsals (bones of the hind foot) |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
| uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone) |
| ankyl/o | bent or crooked, curved, stiff, fixed |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near joints) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| synov/o | synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle |
| fasci/o | fascia (membrane supporting muscles) |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| -desis | to bind; tie together |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -trophy | nourishment; development (condition of) |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward, near to |
| dorsi- | back |
| poly- | many, much, excessive |
| kines/o; kinesi/o | movement |
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