muscles Flashcards by A B

muscul/o
loan: musculus (-i) (m.)

muscles, mouse

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my/o, myos/o, mys/o

muscle, mouse

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rhabd/o

striated, rod, rod-like

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lei/o

smooth

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sarc/o

flesh, muscle

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mer/o, -mer, -mere

part, partial

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lemm/o, -lemma

membrane, husk, sheath-like structure

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fibr/o, fibrill/o
loan: fibrilla, fibrillae (f.)

fiber, fibril (muscle fiber)

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fascicul/o
loan: fasciculus (-i) (m.)

small bundle of rod-like structures, fascicle

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tendin/o
loan: tendo (-ines) (m.)

tendon

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ten/o, tenont/o

tendon

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ton/o

tension, tone

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capit/o, cipit/o, -ciput, -ceps
loan: caput (-ita), capitis (n.)

head, origin of a muscle

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ventr/o
loan: venter (ventres), ventris (m.)

belly (of a muscle), cavity, abdomen

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duc/o, duct/o
reduction

to lead, convey
restoring proper alignment of broken bone or fracture

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abduct/o
loan: abductor (-es)

to lead or convey away (midline)

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adduct/o
loan: adductor (-es)

to lead or convey toward (midline)

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rot/o, rotat/o

to turn around

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flex/o, -flex

to bend, flex

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extens/o

to stretch out, straighten, extends

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pron/o, pronat/o

face down, lying prone

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supin/o, spinat/o

face up, lying supine

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dilat/o

to spread out

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sphincter/o

to bind/constrict, ringlike muscles of an orifice (sphincter)

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pon/o, pos/o, posit/o

to place, put

oppon/o, oppos/o

to place opposite (oppose)

press/o

to press

depress/o

to press down

levat/o

to lift, raise

rect/o

straight, correct

erect/o, arrect/o

to lift up

minor, minus

minor (lesser, smaller, littler)

major, majus

major (greater, larger)

minimus, -a, pum

minimus (smallest, least, littlest)

maximus, -a, -um

maximus (largest, greatest, biggest)

longus, -a, -um

longus (long)

brevis, -e

brevis (short)

planus, -a, -um

planus (flat)

rectus, -a, -um

rectus (straight)

vastus, -a, -um

vastus (large, immense)

deltoideus, -a, -um

shaped like the Greek letter delta

hyoidus, -a, -um

shaped like the Greek letter upsilon

serratus, -a, -um

having a jagged edge, saw-like

teres, teretis

round, cylindrical

gracilis, -e

slender, thin

splenius, -a, -um

bandage

pectineus, -a, -um

comb, quill

malac/o, -malacia

soft, softening

orth/o

straight, correct, normal, upright

ped/o; -pedia

child; education in ...

frang/o, fract/o

break, broken

-rhexis

rupture

lux/o luxation, subluxation

dislocated dislocation, (partial)

por/o

passage, pore

-penia

decrease, deficiency

crepit/o

creak, crackle

-agra

gout, attack (of severe pain)

rheum/o, rheumat/o

flow, discharge, rheumatoid arthritis

ankyl/o

stiff, fused, crooked

sequestr/o

fragment of bone/tissue

talip/o

deformity of foot and ankle

plan/o

flat

cav/o

hollow

valg/o

bent outward

var/o

bent inward

kyph/o

bent forward (convex posteriorly)

lord/o

bent backward (convex anteriorly)

lev/o

left

dextr/o

right

scoli/o

bent sideways, crooked

tors/o, tort/o

twist, turn

-olisthesis

slipping; dislocation

bifid/o

split in two

schiz/o, -schisis

a splitting, a cleft

spasmo/o

spasm

tract/o traction

to draw, pull pulling on bone to help with alignment

campt/o, campyl/o, -campsia, -campsis

bent, curved

muscularis, -e

muscular

capitalis, -e

capital

tendinus, -a, -um tendineus, -a, -um

tendinous

ventralis, -e

ventral

insertio, insertionis (f.)

insertion

compartimenteum, -i (n.)

compartment

fascia, -ae (f.)

fascia (broad band, bandage)

latus, -a, -um

wide (broad)

ton-

stretchening, tightening

-algia, -odynia

pain

closed fracture

broken bone, no open wound

open fracture

broken bone, open wound

transverse fracture

fracture line at right angle

spiral fracture

fracture follows helix shape along a long bone

comminuted fracture

broken bone in pieces

impacted fracture

broken end of bone is wedged in another

greenstick fracture

bending, incomplete

avulsion fracture

pulling away of part of bone

orthosis

brace

prothesis

artificial limb

spondyl/o

vertebra

talipes

club foot

phyte, phyma

growth