Medical Terminology Chapter 4

Musculoskeletal System - Orthopedics

-physis

Growth

Osteo/o

Bone

Crani/o

Head, skull

Cervic/o

Neck

Spondyl/o

Vertebra

Lumb/o

Loin, lower back

Brachi/o

Arm

Dactyl/o

Finger

Carp/o

Wrist

Cost/o

Rib

Femor/o

Femur (Thighbone)

Tibi/o

Tibia (shinbone)

Tars/o

Ankle

Chondr/o

Cartilage

Arthr/o

Joint

Burs/o

Bursa

Ten/o, Tend/o, Tendin/o

Tendon (connective tissue connection muscle to bone)

Muscul/o, my/o, myos/o

Muscle

Fasci/o

Fascia (fibrous connective tissue binding muscles together)

Ton/o

Tone, tension

Kinesi/o (also sometimes kinet/o)

Movement, motion

Tax/o

Arrangement, order, coordination

Ankyl/o

Stiff, bent

Costalgia

Rib pain

Metatarsalgia

Pain in the bones of the foot

Ostalgia or Ostealgia

Bone pain

Osteodynia

Bone pain

Spondylodynia

Vertebra pain

Tibialgia

Tibia (shin) pain

Ankylosis

Joint stiffness

Arthralgia

Joint pain

Arthrodynia

Joint pain

Cervicodynia

Neck Pain

Crepitation

A cracking sound heard in joints

Genu valgum

Knock-kneed

Genu varum

Bowlegged

Bradykinesia

Slow movement

Dyskinesia

Inability to control movement

Dystaxia

Poor coordination

Dystonia

poor muscle tone

Graphospasm

writer’s cramp

hyperkinesia

increase in muscle movement or activity

Hypertonia

increase muscle tone or tightness

Hypokinesia

decrease in muscle movement or activity

Hypotonia

decrease in muscle tone or tightness

Myalgia

muscle pain

myodynia

muscle pain

myasthenia

muscle weakness

myospasm

muscle spasm

tenalgia

tendon pain