Chapter 2 Intro to Med Terms E1 for HOSA SQT

Skeletal System, info from textbook

acr/o

extremities

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff, or fused together

brachi/o

arm

burs/o

bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

carp/o

wrist

cervic/o

neck

chir/o

hand

chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

skull

kyph/o

humpback

lord/o

curve/swayback

lumb/o

lumbar region/loin

lux/o

dislocation/slide

myel/o

bone marrow/spinal cord

narc/o

numbness

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ped/o

foot (general term)

pod/o

foot (conditions/specialties)

pyret/o

fever

rachi/o

spine

rheumat/o

watery flow

sacr/o

sacrum

scoli/o

crooked

spondyl/o

vertebra/backbone

ster/o

solid structure

synovi/o

lubricating fluid of joints

tars/o

ankle

ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

tendon

-ation

process/condition

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluids

-desis

to bind or tie together

-ectomy

surgical removal

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-oid

resembling/like

-oma

tumor/mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-penia

deficiency

-plasty

surgical repair

-porosis

abnormal condition of small holes

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

visual examination using a scope

-tomy

process of cutting/incision

-al, -ic

pertaining to

-algia

pain

a-, an-

not/without

anti-

against

inter-

between

intra-

within/into

meta-

change, beyond

non-

not

peri-

around/surrounding

sub-

below/under

supra-

above

syn-

together/with

ankylosing spondylitis

inflammation of vertebral joints which become stiff

ankylosis

stiff joint from adhesion, or abnormal fusion of two bones into one

arthralgia

joint pain

arthritis

pain in the joints

osteoarthritis

joint disease that affects cartilage between bones and joint, also called degenerative joint disease DJD

rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

inflammation, pain, and stiffness in joints

gout

form of arthritis where uric acid builds up in blood and joints which causes pain and swelling of joints

bunion

joint swelling at the base of the great toe from inflammation of the bursa

bursitis

inflammation of the fluid in the joints

chondromalacia

softening of the cartilage

dislocation

displacement of a bone from its join; luxation

myeloma

cancer of the plasma cells (white blood cell type) originating in the bone marrow

ostealgia

pain in the bones

osteitis/ostitis

inflammation of the bone

osteochondroma

tumor or bony projection that covers cartilage

osteoma

tumor of the bone

osteomalacia

abnormal softening of the bone

osteomyelitis

inflammation of the bone and bone marrow

osteopenia

bone deficiency/less than average bone density in young people

osteoporosis

condition where there are small holes in the bones

osteosarcoma

cancerous tumor in the connective tissue that affects the bone

periostitis

inflammation of the periosteum (outer layer of bone)

kyphosis

abnormal curvatures of the thoracic (humpback) spine

lordosis

swayback; forward curvature of the lumbar spine

scoliosis

abnormal lateral curvature of spine

spondylosis

stiffening of the spine

subluxation

partial dislocation of a bone from its joint

tendinitis/tendonitis

inflammation of the tendon

arthroscopy

examination of a joint with a scope

arthrocentesis

puncture of the joint space with a needle to remove fluid

arthrodesis

surgical immobilization of a joint

arthroplasty

repair of the joint

bursectomy

removal of the bursa

orthosis

straightening of a bone deformity

osteoplasty

surgical correction of the bone

osteotomy

incision through the bone

spondylosyndesis

surgical fusion of joints between the vertebrae

tenotomy

cutting of a tendon