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musculoskeletal system
-physis
growth
oste/o
bone
crani/o
skull
cervic/o
neck
spondyl/o
vertebra
lumb/o
lower back
brachi/o
arm
dactyl/o
fingers
carp/o
wrist
costo
rib
femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
tarso
ankle
chrondr/o
cartilage
arthr/o
joint
burso
bursa (fluid sac between the bones)
tend/o, tedin/o, ten/o
tendons
my/o, muscle/o, myos/o
muscle
fasci/o
fascia
ton/o
tone, tension
kinesi/o, kinet/o
movement, motion
tax/o
arrangement, order, coordination
ankyl/o
stiff, bent
costalgia
rib pain
metatarsalagia
pain of the bones of the feet
ostalgia
bone pain
osteodynia
bone pain
spondylodenia
vertebrae pain
tibialgia
tibia (shin) pain
ankylosis
stiff joint condition
arhtraigia
joint pain
arthrodynia
joint pain
cervicodynia
neck pain
crepitation
a crackling sound heard in joints
genu valgum
knock knees
bradykinesia
slow movement
dyskinesia
inability to control movement
dystaxia
poor coordination
dystonia
abnormal muscle tone
graphospasm
writer’s cramp
hyperkinesia
excessive movement
hypertonia
increased muscle tone or tightness
hypokinesia
abnormally decreased muscle function or activity
hypotonia
reduced muscle tone or tension
myalagia
muscle pain
myasthenia
muscle weakness
myodonia
muscle pain
myospasm
muscle spasm
tenalgia
tendon pain
arthrocentesis
puncture of a joint
arthroscope
instrument for looking into a joint
arthroscopy
procedure of looking into a joint
electromyogram
record of the electrical activity in a muscle
electromyography
procedure for measuring the electrical activity of a muscle
myography
procedure for studying muscles
arthrogram
visual record of a joint
arthrography
procedure used to examine a joint
computed axial tomography (cat, ct)
imagining procedure using a computer to produce cross sections along an axis
kyphosis
humped back; abnormal forward curvature of the UPPER spine
lordosis
sway back; abnormal forward curvature of the LOWER spine
scoliosis
crooked back; abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
carpitis
wrist inflammation
craniomalacia
softening of the skull
exostosis
abnormal benign growth on the surface of a bone
fracture
a bone break
osteodystrophy
poor bone development
osteolysis
bone loss
osteonecrosis
death of bone
osteosclerosis
abnormal hardening of bone
polydactyly
extra digits
spondylitis
inflammation of the vertebrae
spondylomalacia
softening of the vertebrae
syndactyly
fusion of digits (webbing)
tarsoptosis
flat feet
bursolith
a stone in a bursa (small fluid-filled sacs that reduce friction between moving parts in your body's joints)
effusion
fluid build up
hemarthrosis
blood within a joint
hydrathrosis
water (fluid) in a joint
pyrarthrosis
pus in a joint
atrophy
underdevelopment, decrease, or loss of muscle tissue
hypertrophy
overdevelopment of muscle tissue
myocele
hernia of muscle tissue
myolysis
loss of muscle tissue
myomalacia
softening of a muscle
myosclerosis
hardening of a muscle
myotasis
stretching of a muscle
myotonia
muscle tone
ankylosing spondylitis
a stiffening inflammation of the vertebrae
chrondro osteodystrophy
poor development of bones and cartilage
cranlosynostosis
premature fusing of skull bones
dactylitis
inflammation of the fingers
hypertonic spondylitis
overdevelopment of the vertebrae causing inflammation
osteotitis
inflammation of the bone
osteochondritis
inflammation of the bone and cartilage
osteogenesis imperfecta
brittle bone disease
osteomalacia
softening of the bone
osteomyelitis
inflammation of bone and bone marrow
osteopathy
bone disease
osteopenia
reduction in bone volume
osteoporosis
loss of bone density
