PSEO Medical Terminology - Ch. 6 Musculoskeletal System Building terms
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arthr/o
joint
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burs/o
bursa
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carp/o
capus (wrist)
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chondr/o
cartilage
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clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
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coccyg/o
coccyx (tail bone)
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
skull
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femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
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fibul/o
fibula (thinner lower leg bone)
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humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
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ili/o
ilium (part of pelvis)
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ischi/o
ischium (part of pelvis)
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kyph/o
hump
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lord/o
bent backward
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mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw)
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maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw)
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metacarp/o
metacarpus (hand bones)
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metatars/o
metatarsus (foot bones)
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muscul/o or my/o
muscle
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myel/o
bone marrow
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oste/o
bone
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patell/o
patella (kneecap)
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phalang/o
phalanges (fingers and toes)
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pub/o
pubis (part of pelvis)
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radi/o
radius (part of forearm)
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sacr/o
sacrum
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scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
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scoli/o
crooked, bent
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spondyl/o
vertebra
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stern/o
sternum (breast bone)
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tars/o
tarsus (ankle)
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ten/o or tendin/o
tendon
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tibi/o
tibia (shin bone, larger lower leg bone)
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uln/o
ulna (part of forearm)
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vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
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cutane/o
skin
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electr/o
electricity
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fibr/o
fibrous
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orth/o
straight
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path/o
disease
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\-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
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\-algia
pain
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\-asthenia
weakness
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\-centesis
puncture to withdraw fluid
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\-clasia
surgical breaking
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\-cyte
cell
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\-desis
surgical fusing
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\-dynia
pain
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\-ectomy
surgical removal
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\-genic
producing
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\-gram
a record
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\-graphy
process of recording
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\-itis
inflammation
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\-kinesia
movement
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\-malacia
abnormal softening
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\-metry
process of measuring
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\-oma
tumor
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\-osis
abnormal condition
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\-otomy
cutting into
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\-pathy
disease
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\-plasty
surgical repair
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\-porosis
porous
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\-rrhaphy
to suture
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\-rrhexis
rupture
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\-scope
instrument for viewing
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\-scopy
process of visually examining
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\-tome
instrument to cut
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\-trophy
development
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a-
without
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brady-
slow
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dys-
painful, difficult, abnormal
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hyper-
excessive
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inter-
between
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intra-
within
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per-
through
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sub-
under
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supra-
above
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AE
above elbow
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AK
above knee
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BDT
bone density testing
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BE
below elbow
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BK
below knee
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BMD
bone mineral density
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C1, C2, etc
first cervical vertebra, second cervical vertebra, etc
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Ca
calcium
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CK
creatine kinase
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CTS
carpal tunnel syndrome
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DJD
degenerative joint disease
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DTR
deep tendon reflex
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DXA
dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
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EMG
electromyogram
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FX(Fx)
fracture
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HNP
herniated nucleus pulposus
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IM
intramuscular
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JRA
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
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L1, L2, etc
first lumbar vertebra, second lumbar vertebra, etc
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LE
lower extremity
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LLE
left lower extremity
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LUE
left upper extremity
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