Unit 5 Root Words Musculoskeletal Flashcards by Lindsey Beyeler

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Agon

A

Main actor, driver

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Alges(ia)

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Pain

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Anklyos

A

Stiff

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Appendix

A

Part attached to the end

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Articul(us)

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Joint

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Asthenia

A

Weakness

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Axi

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Axis

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Blast

A

A rapidly dividing cell

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Burs
Bursa

A

Purse, bag

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Cephal

A

Pertaining to the head

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Cervic
Cervico

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Neck

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Chondr
Chondro

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Cartilage

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Circum

A

Around

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Clast

A

Breakdown

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Clonus

A

Violent shaking

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Condyle

A

Knob

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Cost
Costo

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Rib

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Cranio

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Head, skull

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Crepit(us)

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Crackling noise

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Cyt

A

Cell

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Dactyl

A

Finger

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Duct

A

To lead

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Effusion

A

Pouring out of

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Electro

A

Related to electricity

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Erg(on)

Energy

Exten(d)

Moving away from

Facet

Flat spot, like on a jewel

Fasci Fascio

Bundle of fibers

Femor Femur

Thigh

Fissure

Deep crack

Fixate

Remain in place

Flex

Reducing the angle of a joint

Foramen

Hole

Fossa

Shallow groove

Genu

Knee

Glen(e)

Socket

Gomph

Tooth

Graph

Written record

Hallux

Big toe

Kines Kinet

Movement

Kyphosis

Hunchback curve of the spine

Lacrim

Crying, tears

Lamella

Thin plate

Lemma

Thin layer surrounding a cell

Meatus

Tube, passage

Medulla

Marrow, center

Membrane

Thin sheet

Mere

A part

Myel

Marrow

Occipito

Back of the head

Olithes

Slippage

Ortho

Straight, at right angles, true

Pector

Chest

Physis

Part of a bone

Polarize

To go to one extreme or another

Pollux

Thumb

Por(e)

Hole

Prone

Face down

Pyre

Fever

Sarc Sarco

Muscle, flesh

Scoliosis

Lateral curvature of the spine

Scop

Instrument for looking inside

Sphincter

Muscle surrounding an opening

Spondyl Spondylo

Vertebrae

Sprain

Injury to ligaments

Sten

Abnormal narrowing

Sterno Sternum

Sternum, breastbone

Strain

Injury to muscles or tendons

Sulcus

Groove

Supine

Face up

Tars Tarso Tarsus

Ankle

Tax

Moving

Tempor

Side of the head

Tibia

Bike of the lower extremity below the knee

Tomo

Cutting

Ton Tono

Tone, strength

Trochanter

Point on femur where large leg muscles attach

Trochlea

Piece of bone that acts as a pulley

Troph

Nourishment, growth

Tuber

Potato-like raised area on bone

Valgum

Knees closer than normal

Varum

Knees farther apart than normal

Vertebra

Bone of spinal column

Zygoma

Yoke, joins bones of face to those of skull