Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
1
Q
fasci/o
A
band
2
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
3
Q
leiomy/o
A
smooth muscle
4
Q
lumb/o
A
loins; lower back
5
Q
muscul/o
A
muscle
6
Q
my/o
A
muscle
7
Q
ten/o
A
tendon
8
Q
tend/o
A
tendon
9
Q
tendin/o
A
tendon
10
Q
-algia
A
pain
11
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness
12
Q
-pathy
A
disease
13
Q
-plegia
A
paralysis
14
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture
15
Q
-sarcoma
A
malignant tumor of connective tissue
16
Q
-tomy
A
incision
17
Q
carp/o
A
carpus; wrist
18
Q
carvic/o
A
neck
19
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
20
Q
crani/o
A
cranium; skull
21
Q
humer/o
A
humerus
22
Q
metacarp/o
A
hand bones
23
Q
phalang/o
A
fingers
24
Q
spndyl/o
A
vertebra
25
vertrebr/o
vertebra
26
stern/o
sternum
27
calcane/o
heel
28
femor/o
femur
29
fibul/o
fibula
30
patell/o
kneecap
31
pelv/i
pelvis
32
plev/o
pelvis
33
radi/o
radiation; lower arm thumb side
34
tibi/o
tibia
35
ankyl/o
stiffness, bent, crooked
36
arthr/o
joint
37
chondr/o
cartilage
38
lamin/o
lamina
39
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
40
orth/o
straight
41
oste/o
bone
42
-clast
break
43
-cyte
cell
44
-desis
binding; fixation
45
-malacia
softening
46
-physis
growth
47
-porosis
porous
