Chapter 10: Musculoskeletal System

Front 1

Combining Form: Ankyl/o

Back 1

Stiffness: Bent, crooked

Front 2

Combining Form: Arthr/o

Back 2

Joint

Front 3

Combining Form: Kyph/o

Back 3

Humpback

Front 4

Combining Form: Lamin/o

Back 4

Lamina (Part of vertebral arch)

Front 5

Combining Form: Lord/o

Back 5

Curve, swayback

Front 6

Combining Form: Myel/o

Back 6

Bone marrow; spinal cord

Front 7

Combining Form: Orth/o

Back 7

Straight

Front 8

Combining Form: Oste/o

Back 8

Bone

Front 9

Combining Form: Ped/o, Ped/i

Back 9

Foot; child

Front 10

Combining Form: Scoli/o

Back 10

Crooked, bent

Front 11

Combining Form: Thorac/o

Back 11

Chest

Front 12

Combining Form (Special Bones): acromi/o

Back 12

Acromion (Projection of the scapula)

Front 13

Combining Form (Special Bones): Brachi/o

Back 13

Arm

Front 14

Combining Form (Special Bones): Calcane/o

Back 14

Calcaneum (Heel bone)

Front 15

Combining Form (Special Bones): Carp/o

Back 15

Carpus (Wrist bone)

Front 16

Combining Form (Special Bones): Cephal/o

Back 16

Head

Front 17

Combining Form (Special Bones): Cervic/o

Back 17

Neck; cervix uteri (Neck of the uternus)

Front 18

Combining Form (Special Bones): Clavicul/o

Back 18

Clavicle (Collar bone)

Front 19

Combining Form (Special Bones): Cost/o

Back 19

Ribs

Front 20

Combining Form (Special Bones): cani/o

Back 20

Cranium (Skull)

Front 21

Combining Form (Special Bones): Dactyl/o

Back 21

Fingers; toes

Front 22

Combining Form (Special Bones): Femor/o

Back 22

Femur (thigh bone)

Front 23

Combining Form (Special Bones): Filbul/o

Back 23

Fibula (smaller bone of the lower leg)

Front 24

Combining Form (Special Bones): Humer/o

Back 24

Humerus (upper arm bone)

Front 25

Combining Form (Special Bones): ili/o

Back 25

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)

Front 26

Combining Form (Special Bones): ischi/o

Back 26

ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)

Front 27

Combining Form (Special Bones): lumb/o

Back 27

loins (Lower back)

Front 28

Combining Form (Special Bones): metatars/o

Back 28

Metacarpus (hand bones)

Front 29

Combining Form (Special Bones): patell/o

Back 29

Patella (Kneecap)

Front 30

Combining Form (Special Bones): pelv/i

Back 30

pelvis

Front 31

Combining Form (Special Bones): phalang/o

Back 31

phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes)

Front 32

Combining Form (Special Bones): pod/o

Back 32

foot

Front 33

Combining Form (Special Bones): pub/o

Back 33

pelvis bone (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

Front 34

Combining Form (Special Bones): radi/o

Back 34

radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side)

Front 35

Combining Form (Special Bones): spondyl/o, vertebr/o

Back 35

vertebrae (backbone)

Front 36

Combining Form (Special Bones): stern/o

Back 36

sternum (breastbone)

Front 37

Combining Form (Special Bones): tibi/o

Back 37

tibia (larger bone of the lower leg)

Front 38

Combining Form (Muscluar System): leiomy/o

Back 38

Smooth muscle (visceral)

Front 39

Combining Form (Muscluar System): muscul/o, my/o

Back 39

muscle

Front 40

Combining Form (Muscluar System): rhabd/o

Back 40

rod-shaped (striated)

Front 41

Combining Form (Muscluar System): rhabdomy/o

Back 41

rod-shaped (striated) muscle

Front 42

Combining Form (Related structures): chondr/o

Back 42

cartilage

Front 43

Combining Form (Related structures): fasci/o

Back 43

band, fascia (fibrous membrane supportign and separting muscles)

Front 44

Combining Form (Related structures): fibr/o

Back 44

fiber, fibrous tissue

Front 45

Combining Form (Related structures): synov/o

Back 45

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

Front 46

Combining Form (Related structures): ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

Back 46

tendon

Front 47

Suffixes: -asthenia

Back 47

weakness, debility

Front 48

Suffixes: -blast

Back 48

embryonic cell

Front 49

Suffixes: -clasia

Back 49

to break; surgical fracture

Front 50

Suffixes: -clast

Back 50

to break; surgical fracture

Front 51

Suffixes: -desis

Back 51

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

Front 52

Suffixes: -malacia

Back 52

softening

Front 53

Suffixes: -physis

Back 53

growth

Front 54

Element: -porosis

Back 54

porous

Front 55

Element: -sarcoma

Back 55

malignant tumor of connective of tissue

Front 56

Element: -scopy

Back 56

visual examination

Front 57

Prefix: a-

Back 57

without, not

Front 58

Prefix: dys-

Back 58

bad; painful, difficult

Front 59

Prefix: sub-

Back 59

under, below

Front 60

Prefix: supra-

Back 60

above; excessive, superior

Front 61

Prefix: syn-

Back 61

union, together, joined

Front 62

Term- Ankylosis

Back 62

stiffening and immobility of a joint as a result of disease, trauma, surgery, or abnormal bone fusion

Front 63

Term- bunion (hallux valgus)

Back 63

deformity characterized by lateral deviation of the great toe as it turns in towards the second toe (angulation), which may cause the tissues surrounding the joint to become swollen and tender

Front 64

Term- carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)

Back 64

Pain condition resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel (wrist canal through which the flexor tendons and the median nerve pass)

Front 65

Term- claudication

Back 65

Lameness, limping

Front 66

Term- contracture

Back 66

Fibrosis of connective tissue in the skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevent normal mobility of the related tissue or joint

Front 67

Term- crepitation

Back 67

Dry, grating sound or sensation caused by bone ends rubbing together, indicating a fracture or joint destruction

Front 68

Term- exacerbation

Back 68

Increase in severity of a disease or any of its symptoms; also called flare

Front 69

Term- ganglion cyst

Back 69

Fluid-filled tumor that most commonly develops along the tendous or joint of the water or hands, but may also appear in the feet

Front 70

Term- hemarthrosis

Back 70

Effusion of blood into joint cavity