Ch 3 the Musculoskeletal System pt 1 Flashcards
(85 cards)
1
Q
oste/o
A
bone
2
Q
crani/o
A
head, skull
3
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
4
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra
5
Q
lumb/o
A
loin, lower back
6
Q
brachi/o
A
arm
7
Q
dactyl/o
A
finger
8
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
9
Q
cost/o
A
rib
10
Q
femor/o
A
femur
11
Q
tibi/o
A
tibia
12
Q
tars/o
A
ankles
13
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
14
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
15
Q
burs/o
A
bursa - small fluid filled sac found near the body’s joints
16
Q
ten/o tend/o tendin/o
A
tendon
17
Q
muscul/o my/o myos/o
A
muscle
18
Q
fasci/o
A
fascia - connective tissue binding muscles together
19
Q
ton/o
A
tone, tension
20
Q
kinesi/o kinet/o
A
movement, motion
21
Q
tax/o
A
arrangement, order, coordination
22
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiff, bent
23
Q
costalgia
A
rib pain
24
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metatarsalgia
A
pain in the bones of the foot
25
ostalgia
bone pain
26
osteodynia
bone pain
27
spondylodynia
vertebra pain
28
tibialgia
tibia pain
29
ankylosis
joint stiffness
30
arthalgia
joint pain
31
arthrodynia
joint pain
32
cervicodynia
neck pain
33
crepitation
cracking sound heard in joints
34
genu valgum
knock-kneed, knee pointed in
35
genu varum
bowlegged
36
bradykinesia
slow movement
37
dyskinesia
inability to control movement
38
dystaxia
poor coordination
39
dystonia
poor muscle tone
40
graphospasm
writer's cramp
41
hyperkinesia
increase in muscle movement or activity
42
hypertonia
increase in muscle tone or tightness
43
hypokinesia
decrease in muscle movement or activity
44
hypotonia
decrease in muscle tone or tightness
45
myalgia
muscle pain
46
myasthenia
muscle weakness
47
myodynia
muscle pain
48
myospasm
muscle spasm
49
tenalgia
tendon pain
50
arthrocentesis
puncture of a joint
51
arthroscope
instrument for looking into a joint
52
arthroscopy
procedure of looking into a joint
53
electromyogram
a record of the electrical activity of a muscle
54
electromyography
procedure for measuring the electrical activity of a muscle
55
myography
procedure for studying muscles
56
arthrogram
visual record of a joint
57
arthrography
procedure used to examine a joint
58
computed axial tomography (CAT or CT)
imaging procedure using a computer to produce cross sections along an axis
59
kyphosis
humped back; abnormal forward curvature of the upper spine
60
lordosis
sway back; abnormal forward curvature of the lower spine
61
scoliosis
crooked back; abnormal lateral curvature of spine
62
carpitis
wrist inflammation
63
craniomalacia
softening of the skull
64
exostosis
abnormal growth of bone out of another bone
65
fracture
a bone break
66
osteodystrophy
poor bone development
67
osteolysis
bone loss
68
osteonecrosis
death of bone
69
polydactyl
having more than the normal number of fingers (or toes)
70
spondylitis
vertebra inflammation
71
spondylomalacia
softening of the vertebra
72
syndactyly
fusion or webbing of fingers (or toes)
73
bursolith
a stone in a bursa
74
effusion
fluid buildup
75
hemarthrosis
blood in a joint
76
hydrarthrosis
water (fluid) in joint
77
pyarthrosis
pus in joint
78
atrophy
underdevelopment, decrease, or loss of muscle tissue
79
hypertrophy
overdevelopment of muscle tissue
80
myocele
hernia of muscle tissue
81
myolysis
loss of muscle tissue
82
myomalacia
softening of muscle
83
myosclerosis
hardening of muscle
84
myotasis
stretching of muscle
85
myotonia
muscle tone
