Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
(33 cards)
1
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiffness, bent, crooked
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneum (heel bone)
4
Q
carp/o
A
carpus (wrist bones)
5
Q
cephal/o
A
head
6
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
7
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
8
Q
femor/o
A
femur (thigh bone)
9
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula (smaller, outer bone of lower leg)
10
Q
humer/o
A
humerus (upper arm bone)
11
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina
12
Q
lumb/o
A
loin (lower back)
13
Q
metacarp/o
A
metacarpus (hand bones)
14
Q
my/o
A
muscle
15
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow; spinal cord
16
Q
orth/o
A
straight
17
Q
oste/o
A
bone
18
Q
patell/o
A
patella (kneecap)
19
Q
pelv/i, pelv/o
A
pelvis
20
Q
radi/o
A
radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone, thumb side)
21
Q
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
A
vertebrae (backbone)
22
Q
stern/o
A
sternum (breastbone)
23
Q
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
A
tendon
24
Q
tibi/o
A
tibia (larger inner bone of lower leg)
25
-algia, -dynia
pain
26
-centesis
surgical puncture
27
-clast
to break; surgical fracture
28
-desis
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
29
-physis
growth
30
-plegia
paralysis
31
-porosis
porous
32
-sarcoma
malignant tumor of connective tissue
33
hemi-
one half
