Common combining terms of the Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
(59 cards)
1
Q
leiomy/o
A
smooth muscle
2
Q
my/o
A
muscle
3
Q
myocardi/o
A
heart muscle
4
Q
myos/o
A
muscle
5
Q
plant/o
A
sole of the foot
6
Q
rhabdomy/o
A
skeletal muscle
6
Q
sarco
A
muscles and flesh
7
Q
-asthenia
A
lack of strength
8
Q
-trophy
A
development, nourishment
9
Q
ab-
A
away from
10
Q
ad-
A
toward
11
Q
dorsi-
A
back
12
Q
poly-
A
many, much
13
Q
calci/o
A
calcium
14
Q
kyph/o
A
posterior curvature in thoracic region
15
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina
16
Q
lord/o
A
curve
17
Q
lumb/o
A
loins, lower back
18
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
19
Q
orth/o
A
straight
20
Q
oste/o
A
bone
21
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra
22
Q
scoli/o
A
crooked
23
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebra
24
-blast
embryonic cell
25
-clast
to break
26
-listhesis
slipping
27
-malacia
softening
28
-physis
to grow
29
-porosis
pore, passage
30
-tome
instrument to cut
31
acetabul/o
hip socket
32
calcane/o
heal
33
carp/o
wrist bones
34
clavicul/o
collar bone
35
cost/o
ribs
36
crani/o
cranium (skull)
37
femor/o
femur (thigh bones)
38
fibul/o
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
39
humer/o
umerus (upper arm bone)
40
ili/o
ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)
41
ischi/o
ischium (part of pelvic bone)
42
malleol/o
malleolus
43
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
44
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
45
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
45
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
46
olecran/o
olecranon (elbow)
47
pelv/i
pelvis
47
patell/o
patella (kneecap)
48
perone/o
fibula
49
phalang/o
phalanges (finger, toe bones)
50
pub/o
pubis
51
radi/o
radius
52
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
52
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
53
tars/o
tarsals
54
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
55
uln/o
ulna (lower arm bone)
