Ch. 15 - Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
(70 cards)
1
Q
calc/o, calci/o
A
calcium
2
Q
kyph/o
A
humpback, hunchback
(posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
3
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina
(part of the vertebral arch)
4
Q
lord/o
A
curve, swayback
(anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
5
Q
lumb/o
A
loins, lower back
6
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
7
Q
orth/o
A
straight
8
Q
oste/o
A
bone
9
Q
scoli/o
A
crooked, bent
(lateral curvature)
10
Q
-blast
A
embryonic or immature cell
11
Q
-clast
A
to break
12
Q
-listhesis
A
slipping
13
Q
-malacia
A
softening
14
Q
-physis
A
to grow
15
Q
-porosis
A
pore, passage
16
Q
-tome
A
instrument to cut
17
Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabulum
(hip socket)
18
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneus
(heel)
19
Q
carp/o
A
carpals
(wrist bone)
20
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle
(collar bone)
21
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
(true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)
22
Q
crani/o
A
cranium
(skull)
23
Q
femor/o
A
femur
(thigh bone)
24
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula
(smaller lower leg bone)
25
humer/o
humerus
(upper arm bone)
26
ili/o
ilium
(upper part of pelvic bone)
27
ischi/o
ischium
(posterior part of pelvic bone)
28
malleol/o
malleolus
(process on each side of the ankle)
29
mandibul/o
mandible
(lower jawbone)
30
maxill/o
maxilla
(upper jawbone)
31
metacarp/o
metacarpals
(hand bones)
32
metatars/o
metatarsals
(foot bones)
33
olecran/o
olecranon
(elbow)
34
patell/o
patella
(kneecap)
35
pelv/o
pelvis
36
phalang/o
phalanges
(finger and/or toe bones)
37
pub/o
pubis
(anterior part of the pelvic bone)
38
radi/o
radius
(forearm bone - thumb side)
39
scapul/o
scapula
(shoulder blade)
40
stern/o
sternum
(breastbone)
41
tars/o
tarsals
(bones of the mid and hindfoot)
42
tibi/o
tibia
(shin bone)
43
uln/o
ulna
(forearm bone - little finger side)
44
ankyl/o
stiff
45
arthr/o
joint
46
articul/o
joint
47
burs/o
bursa
48
chondr/o
cartilage
49
ligament/o
ligament
50
rheumat/o
water flow
51
synov/o
synovial membrane
52
ten/o
tendon
53
tendin/o
tendon
54
-desis
to bind, tie together
55
-stenosis
narrowing
56
fasci/o
fascia
(forms sheaths enveloping muscles)
57
fibr/o
fibrous connective tissue
58
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs
59
my/o
muscle
60
mycardi/o
heart muscle
61
myos/o
muscle
62
plant/o
sole of the foot
63
rhabdomy/o
skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones
64
sarc/o
muscle and flesh
65
-asthenia
lack of strength
66
-trophy
development, nourishment
67
ab-
away from
68
ad-
toward
69
dorsi-
back
70
poly-
many
