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57 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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arthr/o
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joint
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cephal/o
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head
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encephal/o
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brain
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cervic/o
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neck
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faci/o
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face
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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vertebr/o
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vertebra
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lumb/o
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lower back
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lamin/o
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lamina
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-kinesia
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movement
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-taxia
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coordination
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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my/o
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muscle
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muscul/o
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muscle
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ped/o
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foot
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dactyl/o-
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digit; finger or toe
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spinal cord
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oste/o
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bone
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spondyl/o
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vertebrae
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rach-
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vertebrae
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ankyl/o
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stiff joint
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orth/o
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straight
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troph/o
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development
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thorac/o
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chest
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cuad/o
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tail
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-porosis
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porous
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ten/o
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tendon
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tend/o
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tendon
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tendin/o
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tendon
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-meter
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measure, instrument for measuring
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dist/o
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far, furthest
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proxim/o
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near
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radi/o
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x-rays, radiation
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roentgen/o
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x-rays
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en-
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in
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hemi-
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half, partly
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ab-
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away from
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pub/o
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pubic
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ad-
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toward midline
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de-
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descending
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distal
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farther away from the origin
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flexion
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decreasing the angle of a joint
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extension
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increasing the angel of a joint
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abduction
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moving a body part away from the midline
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adduction
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moving a body part toward the midline
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tendon
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connects muscle to bone
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cartilage
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connective tissue between bones
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ligaments
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connects bone to bone
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atlas
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first cervical vertebrae
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axis
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second cervical vertebrae
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tetany
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prolonged muscle contraction
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crepitus
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snap, crackel and popping sound of a joint
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lordosis
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abnormal increase in the inward curvature of the lumbar spine.
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kyphosis
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abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine
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fontanel
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baby's soft spot
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bursa
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fluid filled sac around a joint
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