Skeletal
(striated) for voluntary movement (walking, talking, etc.)
Smooth
for involuntary movement (digestion, vessel constriction, etc.)
Cardiac
for heart contraction needed to propel blood through the vascular system
muscle CF
muscul/o, my/o
smooth (involuntary) muscle CF
leio/my/o
striated (voluntary) muscle CF
rhabdo/my/o
tendon CF
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
Flexion
action of bending a joint
Extension
opposite of flexion
Fascia
fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles
(hematopoiesis
production of blood cells)
Crani/o
cranium, skull
Frontal
forehead
Temporal
side of skull
Occipital
back of skull
Parietal
upper side & roof
Maxilla
upper jaw
Mandible
lower jaw
Zygomatic bone
cheek bones
Sinus
cavity located within cranial & facial bones
Fontanel
soft spot in skull of infants
Stern/o
sternum
Cost/o
ribs
Chondr/o
cartilage
xiphoid process
bottom of sternum
Vertebr/o, spondyl/o
vertebrae (backbone)
Cervic/o
neck
Thorac/o
chest
Lumb/o
lumbar
Sacrum
five fused vertebrae, part of pelvis
Coccyx
tailbone
Lower leg bones
tibi/o, fibul/o
Thigh bone
femor/o
Knee cap
patell/o
Heel bone
calcane/o
Ankle bone
tars/o
Foot bones
metatars/o
Toe bones
phalang/o
Pelvis
pelv/o
Upper hip bones
ili/o
Lower hip bones
ischi/o
Anterior part of pelvis
pub/o
Upper arm bone
humer/o
Lower arm bones
ulna, radius (radi/o)
Wrist bones
carp/o
Hand bones
metacarp/o
Finger bones
phalang/o
Collar bone
clavicle (clavic/o)
Shoulder blade scapula (scapul/o)
Ankyl/o
stiffness; bent, crooked
Arthr/o
joint
Brachi/o
arm
Dactyl/o
fingers, toes (this is the structure as a whole, where as plangio is the bone)
Fasci/o
fascia (membrane that surrounds bones)
Fibr/o
fiber, fibrous tissue
Kyph/o
humpback
Lamin/o
lamina (part of vertebra)
Lord/o
curve, swayback
Myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
Orth/o
straight
Oste/o
bone
Ped/o, pedi/o, pod/o
foot, child
Scoli/o
crooked, bent
Synov/o
synovial fluid, membrane
-asthenia
weakness, debility
-clasia, -clast
to break; surgical fracture
-desis
binding, fixation (or a bone or joint)
-malacia
softening
-porosis
porous
-sarcoma
malignant tumor of connective tissue
a-
without, not
dys-
bad, painful
syn-
union, together, joined
Periosteum
membrane covering surface of bone
Ligaments
connective tissue that binds bones to other bones
Tendons
connective tissue that binds muscle to bone
Cartilage
connective tissue that is more rigid than ligaments, less rigid than bone.
Orthopedist
physician who specializes in musculoskeletal disorders
Closed (simple)
break with no external skin wound
Open (compound)
break with external wound that leads to the fracture site and a piece of bone protruding through the skin
Complicated
broken bone injures an internal organ, such as the lung
Comminuted
bone broken or splintered into pieces
Impacted
broken ends of bones jammed together by the force of the injury
Incomplete
fracture line does not include the whole bone
Greenstick
break in which bone is partially bent and split, which occurs most commonly in children.
Collesbreak
in lower end of radius, which commonly occurs when the wrist is extended to break a fall
Fracture
Break or crack in a bone
Arthritis
inflammation of a joint (pain, swelling, deformity)
Osteoarthritis also known as _______________________
degenerative joint disease (DJD)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
autoimmune disorder where body attacks own tissue, deformed hand
Degenerative joint disease (DJD)
commonly in old people
Gout
Arthritis caused by excess uric acid in blood
Bunion (hallux valgus)
Deformity characterized by painful, bony bump and deviation of the great toe.
Osteomyelitis
Acute or chronic infection of the bone & marrow
Herniated disk
Protrusion, or herniation, of the nucleus pulposus (gelatinous material at the center of the intervertebral disk) between two vertebrae
Laminectomy
treatment of herniated disk, remove lamina to take pressure off nerve root
Scoliosis
lateral curvature (right or left)
Kyphosis
curvature of upper spine, "humpback or hunchback"
Lordosis
inward curvature of lower spine, "swayback"
Sprain
overstretching or tearing of ligaments