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79 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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stiff joint
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ankyl/o
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joint
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arthr/o
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joint
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articul/o
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sac
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burs/o
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wrist
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carp/o
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neck
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cervic/o
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cartilage
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chondr/o
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clavicle, collarbone
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clavicul/o
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coccyx, tailbone
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coccyg/o
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rib
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cost/o
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skull, head
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crani/o
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femur, thigh bone
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femor/o
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fibula, smaller outer bone of lower leg
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fibul/o
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humerus, upper arm bone
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humer/o
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ilium, part of hipbone
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ili/o
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ischium, part of hipbone
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ischi/o
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hump
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kyph/o
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lamina, part of vertebra
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lamin/o
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swayback, curve
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lord/o
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loin, lower back
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lumb/o
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mandible, jawbone
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mandibul/o
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maxilla, upper jawbone
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maxill/o
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metacarpals, hand bones
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metacarp/o
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metatarsals, foot bones
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metatars/o
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bone marrow
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myel/o
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straight
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orth/o
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bone
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oste/o
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patella, knee cap
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patell/o
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foot
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ped/o
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pelvis
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pelv/o
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phalanges, bones of fingers and toes
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phalang/o
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pubis, part of hipbone
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pub/o
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radius, lower arm bone
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radi/o
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sacrum
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sacr/o
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scapula, shoulder blade
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scapul/o
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crooked, bent
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scoli/o
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vertebrae, backbone
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spondyl/o
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sternum, breastbone
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stern/o
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synovial membrane
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synovi/o
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ankle
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tars/o
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chest
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thorac/o
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tibia, inner bone of lower leg
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tibi/o
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ulna, lower arm bone
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uln/o
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vertebra, backbone
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vertebr/o
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immature, embryonic
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-blast
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to surgically break
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-clasia
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stabilize, fuse
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-desis
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slipping
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-listhesis
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softening
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-malacia
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porous
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-porosis
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procedure to visually examine
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-scopy
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instrument to cut
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-tome
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AE
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above elbow
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AK
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above knee
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C1 etc
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first cervical vertebra, etc
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L1 etc
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first lumbar vertebra, etc
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LE
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lower extremity
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ortho
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orthopedics
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T1 etc
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first thoracic vertebra, etc
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THA
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total hip arthroplasty
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THR
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total hip replacement
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TKA
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total knee arthroplasty
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TKR
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total knee replacement
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Tx
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traction, treatment
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abduction
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movement away from the midline of the body
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adduction
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movement toward the midline of the body
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flexion
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act of bending or being bent
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extension
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movement that brings limb into or toward a straight condition
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dorsiflexion
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backward bending, as of hand or foot
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plantar flexion
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bending sole of foot; pointing toes downward
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eversion
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turning outward
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inversion
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turning inward
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pronation
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to turn downward or backward as with the hand or foot
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supination
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turning the palm or foot upward
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elevation
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to raise a body part, as in shrugging the shoulders
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depression
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a downward movement, as in dropping the shoulders
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circumduction
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movement in a circular direction from a central point
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opposition
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moving thumb away from palm, the ability to move the thumb into contact with the other fingers
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rotation
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moving around a central axis
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