Chapter 15- Musculoskeletal System Flashcards by Cheyenne Thein

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Kyph/o

A

Humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature I’m the thoracic region)

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Calc/o

Calci/o

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Calcium

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Lamin/o

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Lamina ( part of the vertebral arch)

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Lord/o

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Curve, swayback ( anterior curvature in the lumbar region)

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Lomb/o

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Loins, lower back

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow

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Orth/o

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Straight

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Scoli/o

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Crooked, bent ( lateral curvature)

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Spondyl/o

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Vertebra

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Vertebr/o

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Vertebra

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-blast

A

Immature, embryonic

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-clast

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To break

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-listhesis

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Slipping

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-malacia

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Softening

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-physis

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To grow

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-porosis

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Pore, passage

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-tome

A

Instrument to cut

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Acetabul/o

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Acetabulum ( hip socket)

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Calcane/o

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Calcaneus (heel)

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Carp/o

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Carpals (wrist bones)

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Clavicul/o

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Clavicle (collar bone)

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Cost/o

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Ribs ( true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)

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Crani/o

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Cranium (skull)

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Femor/o

Femur (thigh bone)

Fibul/o

Fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

Humer/I

Humerus (upper arm bone)

Ili/o

Ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)

Ischi/o

Ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)

Malleol/o

Malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)

Mandibul/o

Mandible (lower jawbone)

Maxill/o

Maxilla (upper jawbone)

Metacarp/o

Metacarpals (hand bones)

Metatars/o

Metatarsals (foot bones)

Olecran/o

Olecranon (elbow)

Patell/o

Patella (kneecap)

Pelv/I

Pelvis (hipbone)

Perone/o

Fibula

Phalang/o

Phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)

Pub/o

Pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

Radi/o

Radius (forearm bone- thumb side)

Scapul/o

Scapula (shoulder blade)

Stern/o

Sternum (breastbone)

Tars/o

Tarsals (bones of the hind foot)

Tibi/o

Tibia (shin bone)

Uln/o

Ulna (forearm bone- little finger side)

Fasci/o

Fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles)

Fibr/o

Fibrous connective tissue

Leiomy/o

Smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs

My/o

Muscle

Myocardi/o

Heart muscle

Myos/o

Muscle

Plant/o

Sole of the foot

Rhabdomy/o

Skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones

Sarc/o

Muscle and flesh

-asthenia

Lack of strength

-trophy

Development, nourishment

Ab-

Away from

Ad-

Toward

Dorsi-

Back

Poly-

Many,much