chapter 10 medical term

Cervical

neck

Thoracic

chest

Lumbar

lower part of the back

Tendon

Connects muscle and bone 

Ligament

Bone to bone

Diarthroses

Freely moveable joint

Synarthroses

No movement in the joint

Amphiarthrosis

Slightly movement in the joint

subluxation

incomplete dislocation of one or more vertebrae

Prone

palms down

Sacrum

triangular bone

Coccyx

 tail bone

Maxilla

Upper Jawbone

Mandible

Lower Jaw

carbles

Wrist bones

metacarpals

five long bones in the palm of the hand

muscul/o

muscle

oste/o

bones

ten/o

tendon

tend/o

tendon

Brachi/o

arm

Dactyl/o

Finger or toe

radi/o

x-ray

verterbr/o

vertebra/ spinal joint

spondyl/o

spine

pod/o

feet

Chondr/o

cartilage

Arthr/o

joint

Ankyl/o

stiff, bent

Artho/desis

Surgical fixation of a joint

Scoli/o

spine

kypo/o

hump, bent

lord/o

curve

Asthenia

weakness

Clast

broken/ break

clasis

crushing

Porosis

poor bones

Sarcoma

bone cancer

RA

Rheumatoid arthritis

OA

breakdown Cartilage

GOUT

gouty arthritis

RA

Rheumatoid Arthritis,

OA

Osteoarthritis

DID

DEGERNATIVE JOINT DISEASE

ACL

Anterior Cruciate Ligament

MCL

Medial Collateral Ligament

PCL

Posterior Cruciate Ligament

CTS

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

RSD/CTD

Repeated stressed disorder, cumulative trauma disorder

EMG

Electromyogram

ROM

range of motion

MG

Myasthenia Gravis

TKR=TKA

Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) and Total Knee Replacement

THR=THA

Total Hip Arthroplasty and total hip replacement

BKA-BK

Below-Knee Amputation

BE

Below elbow

AE

above ekbow

Aka-ka

Above-Knee Amputation

ORIF

Open Reduction and Internal Fixation

Lamin/ectomy

Surgical excision of the lamina

sub/patellar

Below the patella (Kneecap)

calcaneo/dynia

Pain in the heel

osteo/arthr/itis

Inflammation in the bone joint

osteo/chondr/itis

Inflammation of the bone and cartilage

chondro/malacia

softening in the cartilage

cranio/tomy

surgical removal of part of skull bone

metacarp/ectomy

Surgical excision of beyond the wrist

sprain

a stretched or torn ligament

osteoporosis

Fragile bone

syndactylism

webbed toes or fingers

claudication

cramping in the lef or arm muscles

my/asthenia gravis

severe muscle weakness

osteo/Myel/itis

inflammation in the bone marrow

crepitation

popping sound/sensation felt in the body

Anky/osis

stiffening joint

exacerbation

worsening of a disease

paroxysmal

sudden

cephalagia

headache

phantom limb pain

discomfort in a limb that is no longer there

a/trophy

wasting away

HNP

Herniated Nucleus Pulposus

IM

Intramuscular

IV

Intravenous

strain and sprain

stretched or torn ligament

scoliosis

curvature of the spine to the right or left

kyphosis

abnormal curvature of the upper portion of the spine

Lordosis

inward curvature of a portion of the lower part