Pearson: Chapter 4 terms - MT

Chapter 4: Musculoskeletal System

ankyl/o

stiff joint

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

burs/o

sac

carp/o

carpus

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle

coccyg/o

coccyx

cortic/o

outer layer

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

femor/o

femur

fibr/o

fibers

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

kyph/o

hump

lamin/o

lamina, part of the vertebra

lord/o

bent backward

lumb/o

loin, low back

mandibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

medull/o

inner portion

menisc/o

meniscus

metacarp/o

metacarpus

metatars/o

metatarsus

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella

pector/o

chest

ped/o

foot, child

pelv/o

pelvis

phalang/o

phalanges

pod/o

foot

prosthet/o

addition

pub/o

pubis

radi/o

radius, ray

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

scapula

scoli/o

crooked

spin/o

spine

spondyl/o

vertebrae

stern/o

sternum

synovi/o

synovial membrane

synov/o

synovial membrane

tars/o

tarsus

thorac/o

chest

tibi/o

tibia

uln/o

ulna

vertebr/o

vertebra

-blast

immature

-clasia

to break surgically

-clast

broken

-desis

to fuse

-listhesis

slipping

-logic

pertaining to study of

-phyte

growth

-porosis

porous

Long bones

longer than wide; femur, humerus

Short bones

roughly as long as wide; sternum, scapula, pelvis

Irregular bones

shape very irregular; vertebrae

Head

large smooth ball-shaped end of a long bone

Condyle

smooth rounded portion at end of bone

Epicondyle

projection above or on a condyle

Trochanter

large rough process

Tubercle

small rough process

Tuberosity

large rough process

Sinus

hollow cavity within bone

Foramen

smooth opening for nerves and blood vessels

Fossa

shallow cavity or depression within a bone

Fissure

a slit-like opening

ankyl/o

stiff joint

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

carp/o

carpus

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle

coccyg/o

coccyx

cortic/o

outer layer

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

cutane/o

skin

erythr/o

red

femor/o

femur

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

kyph/o

hump

lamin/o

lamina

lord/o

bent backward

lumb/o

loin

mandibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

medull/o

inner region

menisc/o

meniscus