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Medical Terminology
Musculoskeletal System
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
02/27/2008
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ankly/o
 Definition
crooked or stiff
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arthr/o
articul/p
 Definition
joint (articulation)
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brachi/o
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arm
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cervic/o
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neck
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chondr/o
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cartilage (gristel)
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cost/o
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rib
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
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dactyl/o
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digit (finger or toe)
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dactyl/o
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digit (finger or toe)
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fasci/o
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fascia (a band)
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femor/o
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femur
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fibr/o
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fiber
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kyph/o
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humpback
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lei/o
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smooth
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lord/o
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bent
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lumb/o
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loin (lower back)
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spinal cord
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my/o
myos/o
muscul/o
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muscle
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oste/o
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bone
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patell/o
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knee cap
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pelv/i
pelv/o
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hip bone or pelvic cavity
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radio
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radius
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rhabd/o
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rod shaped or striated (skeletal)
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sarc/o
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flesh
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scoli/o
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twisted
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spondyl/o
vertebr/o
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vertebra
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stern/o
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sternum (breastbone)
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ten/o
tend/o
tendin/o
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tendon (to stretch)
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thorac/o
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chest
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ton/o
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tone or tension
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uln/o
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ulna
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bone
 Definition
specialized connective tissue composed of osteocytes (bone cells) forming the skeleton
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long bones
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bones of arms and legs
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short bones
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bones of wrists and ankles
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flat bones
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bone of ribs, shoulder blades, pelvis, and skull
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irregular bones
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bones of vertebrae and face
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sesamoid bones
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round bones found near joints (e.g, patella)
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bone marrow
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soft connective tissue within the medullary cavities of bones
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periosteum
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a fibrous, vascular memberane that covers the bone
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articulation
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a joint; the poin where two bones come together
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bursa
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a fibrous sac betwwen certain tendons and bones that is lined with a synovial membrane that secretes sysnovia fluid
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disk
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a flat, palte-like structure composed of fibrocartilaginous tissue found between the vertebrae to reduce friction
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ligament
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a flexible band of fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone
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striated (skeletal) muscle
 Definition
voluntary striated muscle attached to the skeleton
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smooth muscle
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involuntary muscle found in internal organs
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cardiac muscle
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muscle of the heart
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origin of a muscel
 Definition
muscle end attached to the bone that does not move when the muscle contracts
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tendon
 Definition
a band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone
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