Chapter 15- Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
(72 cards)
1
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What is calc/o, calci/o?
A
calcium
2
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What is kyph/o?
A
hunchback
3
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What is lamin/o?
A
lamina (part of vertebral arch)
4
Q
What is lord/o?
A
curve, swayback
5
Q
What is lumb/o?
A
lower back, lumbar
6
Q
What is myel/o?
A
bone marrow/ spinal cord
7
Q
What is orth/o?
A
straight
8
Q
What is oste/o?
A
bone
9
Q
What is scoli/o?
A
crooked (scoliosis)
10
Q
What is spondyl/o?
A
vertebra
11
Q
What is vertibr/o?
A
vertebra
12
Q
What is -blast?
A
immature cell
13
Q
What is -clast?
A
to break
14
Q
What is -lithesis?
A
slipping
15
Q
What is -malacia?
A
softening
16
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What is -physis?
A
to grow
17
Q
What is -porosis?
A
pore, passage
18
Q
What is -tome?
A
instrument to cut
19
Q
What is acetabul/o?
A
acetabulum, hip socket
20
Q
What is calcane/o?
A
calcaneus/ heel
21
Q
What is carp/o?
A
carpals
22
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What is clavicul/o?
A
clavicle, collar bone
23
Q
What is cost/o?
A
ribs (true, false, floating)
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What is crani/o?
A
cranium, skull
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What is femor/o?
femur (thigh bone)
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What is fibul/o?
fibula, smaller lower leg bone
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What is humer/o?
humerus, upper arm bone
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What is ili/o?
ilium, upper part of pelvic bone
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What is ischi/o?
ischium, posterior part of pelvic bone
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What is malleol/o?
malleolus, process on each side of ankle
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What is mandibul/o?
mandible, lower jawbone
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What is maxill/o?
maxilla, upper jawbone
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What is metacarp/o?
metacarpals, hand bones
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What is metatars/o?
metatarsals, foot bones
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What is olecran/o?
olecranon, elbow
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What is patell/o?
patella, kneecap
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What is pelv/o?
pelvis
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What is phalang/o?
phalanges, finger and toe bones
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What is pub/o?
pubis, anterior part of pelvic bone
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What is radi/o?
radius, forearm bone, thumb side
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What is scapul/o?
scapula, shoulder blade
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What is stern/o?
sternum
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What is tars/o?
tarsals, bones of the mid and hindfoot
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What is tibi/o?
tibia, shin bone
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What is uln/o?
ulna, forarm bone, little finger side
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What is ankyl/o?
stiff
47
What is arthr/o?
joint
48
What is articul/o?
joint
49
What is burs/o?
bursa
50
What is chondr/o?
cartilage
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What is ligament/o?
ligament
52
What is rheumat/o?
watery flow
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What is synov/o?
synovial membrane
54
What is ten/o?
tendon
55
What is tendin/o?
tendon
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What is -desis?
to bind, tie together
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What is -stenosis?
narrowing
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What is fasci/o?
fascia, sheaths enveloping muscles
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What is fibr/o?
fibrous connective tissue
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What is leiomy/o?
smooth, visceral muscle, lines the internal walls of internal organs
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What is my/o?
muscle
62
What is myocardi/o?
heart muscle
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What is myos/o?
muscle
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What is plant/o?
sole of foot
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What is rhabdomy/o?
skeletal muscle connected to bones
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What is sarc/o?
muscle and flesh
67
What is -asthenia?
lack of strength
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What is -trophy?
development and nourishment
69
What is ab-?
away from
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What is ad-?
toward
71
What is dosi-?
back
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What is poly-?
many, much
