Muscular system

articul/o

joint

fasci/o

fibrous band, fascia

fibr/o

fiber

flex/o

to bend

kines/o, kinesi/o

movement

lei/o

smooth

muscul/o

muscle

my/o, myos/o

muscle

myocardi/o

heart muscle

neur/o

nerve

radi/o

X-rays

rhabd/o

rod-shaped

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

son/o

sound

tax/o

coordination, order

ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

tendon

tens/o

stretched, strained

ton/o

tone, tension

vers/o

turn, turning

ab-

away, away from

ad-

toward

bi-

two, both

circum-

around

dorsi-

back

dys-

painful, difficult

e-, ex-

out, away from

hemi-

half

hyper-

above

hypo-

below

par-, para-

near, beside, alongside, beyond, abnormal

quandri-

four

tri-

three

-ac, -al, -ar, -ic

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

hernia, swelling, protrusion

-dynia

pain

-ia

condition

-ion

process, state, condition

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

breakdown, seperation, loosening

-malacia

softening

-oma

tumor, mass

-paresis

weakness

-penia

deficiency

-plegia

paralysis

-plegic

pertaining to paralysis

-rrhexis

rupture

-tonia

tone, tension

-trophy

condition of growth or development

amb

ambulate (walk)

c/o

complains of, complaining of

CPR

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

CTS

carpal tunnel syndrome

h

hour(s)

Hx, hx

history

IM

intramuscular

N/A

not applicable

NSAID

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

OTC

over-the-counter

PCN

penicillin

PCP

primary care physician

PT

physical therapy

Q2-3H

every two or three hours

Q8H

every eight hours

RICE

rest, ice, compression, elevation

ROM

range of motion

wt

weight