VET-103: Musculoskeletal

Musculoskeletal

Muscular and skeletal system

Abductor

Take away from the body

Adductor

Add to the body

Flexion

Bending leg

Extension

Extending leg

Ataxia

Without coordination

Atrophy

Without development

Hypertrophy

Excessive development

Myopathy

Disease effecting the muscle

Tetany

Involuntary muscle contractions

Vertebrae

The entire spine

Arthr-

Joint

-scopy

Examining the inside of something

-pathy

Disease

-centesis

Sticking needle into something to remove fluid

Digit

Toe

Dysplasia

Abnormal growth

Epaxial

Above vertebrae

Hypertrophy

Overdevelopment

Intercostal

Between the ribs

Costal

Pertaining to the ribs

Intervertebral

Between vertebrae

Intramuscular

Into the muscle

Intraosseous

Into the bone

Lumbar

Before the tail

Lumbosacral

Lumbar and sacral joint

Mandibular

Lower jaw

Maxillary

Upper jaw

Metatarsal

One of the 5 long bones connecting the ankle to the foot

Myopathy

Muscle disease

Ostectomy

Surgical removal of the bone

Osteosarcoma

Malignant tumor of the bone

Osteotomy

Incision into the bone

Quadruped

Four legs

Rotation

Able to turn

Sacroiliac

Joining of the sacro and ilius

Spondylitis

Inflammation of the spongdy

Sternal

Laying on stomach

Stifle

An animals knee

Synnovial

Connective tissue

Thoracic

Stomach and internal organs

IM

Intramuscular

SC

Subcutaneous

IO

Interostious

Fx

Fracture

ROM

Range of motion