skeletal system Flashcards
1
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
2
Q
cost/o
A
rib
3
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
4
Q
lumb/o
A
loins,lowerback
5
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
6
Q
oste/o
A
bone
7
Q
radi/o
A
radiation,x-rays, radius
8
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
9
Q
spodyl/o
A
vertebrae
10
Q
stern/o
A
sternum
11
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebrae
12
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
13
Q
clasia
A
to break, surgical fractures
14
Q
clast
A
to break
15
Q
desis
A
binding
16
Q
poiesis
A
formations
17
Q
porosis
A
porous
18
Q
um
A
structure
19
Q
ct
A
computed tomography (cat scan)
20
Q
fx
A
fracture
21
Q
ORTHO
A
orthopedics
22
Q
RICE
A
rest, ice, compression, elevation
23
Q
C1, C2, ….. C7
A
cervical vertebrae 1, cervical vertebrae 2
24
Q
T1, T2 ….. T12
A
thoracic vertebrae 1, thoracic vertebrae 1
25
L1, L2, .... L5
lumbar vertebrae 1,2,3, etc
26
articulation
joint where two bones come together
27
atlas
cervical vertebr1
28
axis
cervical vertebra 2
29
crepitation
grating sound made when bone ends rub together
30
degeneration
deteriorating
31
dislocation
displacement of bone ends at a jiont
32
hematopoiesis
production of blood cells
33
subluxation
partial dislocation (it goes back on its own)
