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Med Term Ch 3
Term | Definition |
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three types of muscle tissue | skeletal, smooth, and cardiac |
ankyl/o | crooked or stiff |
chondr/o | cartilage (gristle) |
dactyl/o | digit (finger or toe) |
kyph/o | humped-back |
myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
lord/o | bent |
patell/o | knee cap |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped or striated (skeletal) |
spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebra |
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon (to stretch) |
metaphysis | growth zone between the epiphysis and the diaphysis during development of a long bone |
physis | growth |
DJD | degenerative joint disease |
spongy bone, cancellous bone | mesh-like bone tissue found in the interior of bones, and surrounding the medullary cavity |
articulation | the point where two bones come together; also called joint |
bursa | a fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones that is lined with a synovial membrane that secretes synovial fluid |
nucleus pulposus | the soft, fibrocartilaginous, central portion of intervertebral disk |
caudal | situated below another structure, away from head. also known as interior |
recumbent | lying down |
pronantion | turning of the palmar surface (palm of the hand) or plantar surface (sole of the foot) downward or backward |
supination | turning of the palmar surface (palm of the hand) or plantar surface (sole of the foot) upward or forward |
goniometer | instrument used to measure joint angles |
crepitation (also called crepitus) | grating sound sometimes made by the movement of a joint or by broken bones |
exostosis | a projection arising from a bone that develops from cartilage |
myalgia (also called myodynia) | muscle pain |
osteodynia (also called ostealgia) | bone pain |
rigor (also called rigidity) | stiffness; stiff muscle |
bony necrosis (also called sequestrum) | bone tissue that has died from loss of blood supply, such as can occur after a fracture |
subluxation | partial dislocation (luxation = dislocation) |