Musculoskeletal System

Front 1

paraplegia

Back 1

paralysis of the lower body and both legs from spinal cord disease or injury

Front 2

quadriplegia

Back 2

paralysis of arms and legs, cervical injury usually

Front 3

ankyl/o

Back 3

stiff

Front 4

arthr/o, articul/o

Back 4

joint

Front 5

burs/o

Back 5

bursa

Front 6

carp/o

Back 6

wrist bones

Front 7

chondr/o

Back 7

cartilage

Front 8

cervic/o

Back 8

neck

Front 9

clavicul/o

Back 9

clavicle

Front 10

cost/o

Back 10

ribs

Front 11

crani/o

Back 11

skull

Front 12

fasci/o

Back 12

fascia

Front 13

femor/o

Back 13

femur

Front 14

fubul/o

Back 14

fibula

Front 15

humer/o

Back 15

humerous

Front 16

ili/o

Back 16

ilium

Front 17

ischi/o

Back 17

ischium

Front 18

lamin/o

Back 18

lamina

Front 19

lumb/o

Back 19

lumbar

Front 20

mandibul/o

Back 20

mandible

Front 21

maxill/o

Back 21

maxilla

Front 22

my/o, myos/o

Back 22

muscle

Front 23

orth/o

Back 23

straight

Front 24

oste/o

Back 24

bone

Front 25

patell/o, patell/a

Back 25

patella

Front 26

pelv/i, pelv/o

Back 26

pelvis, hip region

Front 27

phalang/o

Back 27

phalanges

Front 28

pub/o

Back 28

pubis

Front 29

rachi/o

Back 29

spinal column, vertebrae

Front 30

radi/o

Back 30

x-ray, radioactivity

Front 31

rhabdomy/o

Back 31

striated muscle

Front 32

rheumat/o

Back 32

watery flow

Front 33

sacr/o

Back 33

sacrum

Front 34

scapul/o

Back 34

scapula, shoulder blade

Front 35

scoli/o

Back 35

crooked, bent

Front 36

stern/o

Back 36

sternum

Front 37

synov/o

Back 37

synovial membrane, synovia

Front 38

tars/o

Back 38

hind foot or ankle

Front 39

ten/o, tendin/o

Back 39

tendon

Front 40

thorac/o

Back 40

chest

Front 41

ton/o

Back 41

tension

Front 42

uln/o

Back 42

ulna

Front 43

vertebr/o, spondyl/o

Back 43

vertebra

Front 44

thoracic kyphosis

Back 44

outward curve to T spine, humpback, hunchback

Front 45

lumbar lordosis

Back 45

inward curve to L spine, swayback curve

Front 46

scoliosis

Back 46

lateral curve of spine, crooked, bent,

Front 47

-asthenia

Back 47

lack of strength

Front 48

-clasis, -clast

Back 48

to break

Front 49

-desis

Back 49

bind, tie together

Front 50

-listhesis

Back 50

slipping

Front 51

-malacia

Back 51

softening

Front 52

-physis

Back 52

to grow

Front 53

-porosis

Back 53

condition of pores

Front 54

-stenosis

Back 54

tightening, stricture

Front 55

-tome

Back 55

instrument to cut

Front 56

osseous

Back 56

pertaining to bone

Front 57

osteogenic sarcoma (osteosarcoma)

Back 57

cancer that arises from the osteoblasts in bone, develops during the period of rapid growth during adolescence. mistaken for "growing pains"

Front 58

osteomalacia

Back 58

rickets, bones are soft and bend easily, become deformed

Front 59

osteoporosis

Back 59

decreased bone mass and weakening due to decreased amounts of estrogen

Front 60

closed fracture

Back 60

bone breaks, no open wound in skin

Front 61

open fracture

Back 61

bone breaks, protrudes through the skin

Front 62

colles fracture

Back 62

occurs near wrist joint at distal end of radius

Front 63

comminuted fracture

Back 63

bone is crushed or splintered into peices

Front 64

greenstick fracture

Back 64

bone partially broken on one side, bent on the other. sign of abuse in children

Front 65

compression fracture

Back 65

bone collapses or is compressed

Front 66

impacted fracture

Back 66

one fragment of bone driven into another

Front 67

compound fracture

Back 67

fracture displaces, open wound