LESSON 2: MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM WORD PARTS Flashcards
(58 cards)
1
Q
ankyl/o
A
crooked, bent, stiff
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
burs/o
A
bursa
4
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
5
Q
cost/o
A
rib
6
Q
crani/o
A
skull
7
Q
fasci/o
A
fascia
8
Q
fibr/o
A
fibrous tissue
9
Q
kines/o, kinesi/o
A
movement
10
Q
kyph/o
A
bent, hump
11
Q
lord/o
A
curve
12
Q
lumb/o
A
lumbar, lower back
13
Q
muscul/o
A
muscle
14
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow, spinal cord
15
Q
my/o
A
muscle
16
Q
orth/o
A
straight, normal
17
Q
oste/o
A
bone
18
Q
ped/o
A
foot
19
Q
phalang/o
A
bones of the fingers and toes
20
Q
pod/o
A
foot
21
Q
radicul/o
A
nerve, root
22
Q
scoli/o
A
curved, bent
23
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebrae, vertebral column
24
Q
synovi/o
A
synovial membrane or fluid
25
ten/o, tendin/o
tendon
26
vertebr/o
vertebra
27
-desis
fixation of a bone or joint, bind together, fuse
28
-ectomy
surgical removal
29
-itis
inflammation
30
-listhesis
slipping
31
-lysis
loosening or setting free
32
-malacia
abnormal softening
33
-necrosis
tissue death
34
-oma
tumor
35
-osis
condition
36
-penia
deficiency
37
-plasty
surgical repair
38
-plegia
paralysis
39
-porosis
porous condition
40
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
41
-rrhexis
rupture
42
-scopy
visual examination
43
-tomy
cutting into the organ or area
44
-ium/-ia
abnormal condition or disease
45
-ic
pertaining to
46
stern/o
breastbone
47
cleid/o
collar bone
48
sarc/o
flesh
49
-penia
deficiency
50
ton
tone
51
tax
coordination
52
clon
violent action
53
kines
movement
54
-asthenia
weakness, lack of strength
55
condyl
condyle, meaning the round prominence at the end of a bone
56
leiomy/o
smooth muscle
57
rhabdomy/o
skeletal muscle
58
-paresis
weakness or partial loss of movement
