Musculoskeletal Flashcards
(50 cards)
1
Q
Ankly/o
A
Stiff, bent
2
Q
Aponeur/o
A
Aponeurosis
3
Q
Burs/o
A
Bursa
4
Q
Clavic/o
A
Clavicle
5
Q
Clavicul/o
A
Clavicle
6
Q
Disk/o
A
Intervertebral disk
7
Q
Femor/o
A
Femur
8
Q
Fibul/o
A
Fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
9
Q
Humer/o
A
Humerus (upper arm bone)
10
Q
Ili/o
A
Ilium (broad, flaring portion of the hip bone)
11
Q
Ischi/o
A
Ischium (inferior, dorsal portion of the hip bone)
12
Q
Kinesi/o
A
Movement, motion
13
Q
Kyph/o
A
Increased convexity of the spine
14
Q
Lord/o
A
Bent forward, increased concavity of the spine
15
Q
Lumb/o
A
Loin, lumbar region of the spine
16
Q
Mandibul/o
A
Mandible (lower jaw bone)
17
Q
Maxill/a
A
Maxilla (upper jaw bone)
18
Q
Menisc/o
A
Meniscus, crescent
19
Q
Myel/o
A
Spinal cord
20
Q
Patell/o
A
Patella (kneecap)
21
Q
Pelv/i
A
Pelvis, pelvic bone
22
Q
Pelv/o
A
Pelvic bone
23
Q
Petr/o
A
Stone
24
Q
Pub/o
A
Pubis
25
Rachi/o
Nerve root
26
Scoli/o
Crooked, curve
27
Spondyl/o
Vertebra, spine, vertebral column
28
Stern/o
Sternum, breastbone
29
Tars/o
Tarsals (ankle bones)
30
Ten/o
Tendon
31
Tendin/o
Tendon
32
Tend/o
Tendon
33
Tibi/o
Tibia (shin bone)
34
Uln/o
Ulna (lower arm bone)
35
-algia
Pain
36
-asthenia
Weakness
37
-clasia
Break
38
-clasis
Break
39
-clast
Break
40
-desis
Surgical fixation, fusion
41
-physis
Growth
42
-rraphy
Suturing, repairing
43
-sarcoma
Malignant tumor
44
-schisis
Split, fissure
45
DO
Doctor of Osteopathy
46
DC
Doctor of Chiropractic
47
EMG
Electromyogram
48
MD
Muscular distrophy
49
MG
Myasthenia graves
50
Ortho
Orthopedics
