Ch. 10 Muskuloskeletal System Flashcards
(43 cards)
1
Q
fasci/o
A
band, fascia
2
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber, fibrous tissue
3
Q
leiomy/o
A
smooth muscle (visceral)
4
Q
lumb/o
A
loins (lower back)
5
Q
muscul/o or my/o
A
muscle
6
Q
ten/o or tend/o or tendin/o
A
tendon
7
Q
-algia
A
pain
8
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness, debility
9
Q
-pathy
A
disease
10
Q
-plegia
A
paralysis
11
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture
12
Q
-sarcoma
A
malignant tumor of connective tissue
13
Q
-tomy
A
incision
14
Q
carp/o
A
carpus (wrist bones)
15
Q
cervic/o
A
neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
16
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
17
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
18
Q
humer/o
A
humerus (upper arm bone)
19
Q
metacarp/o
A
metacarpus (hand bone)
20
Q
phalang/o
A
phalanges (bones of fingers and toes)
21
Q
spondyl/o or vertebr/o
A
vertebra (backbone)
22
Q
stern/o
A
sternum (breastbone)
23
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneum (heel bone)
24
Q
femor/o
A
femur
25
fibul/o
fibula (smaller, outer bone of lower leg)
26
patell/o
patella
27
pelv/I or pelv/o
pelvis
28
radi/o
radiation, xray; radius (lower arm bone, thumb side)
29
tibi/o
tibia
30
ankyl/o
stiffness; bent, crooked
31
arthr/o
joint
32
chondr/o
cartilage
33
lamin/o
lamina (part of vertebral arch)
34
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
35
orth/o
straight
36
oste/o
bone
37
-clasia
to break [ie - arthroclasia: forcible breaking of a joint]
38
-clast
to break [ie - osteoclast: cell that breaks down bone]
39
-cyte
cell
40
-desis
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
41
-malacia
softening
42
-physis
growth
43
-porosis
porous
