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articulation |
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place of union between two or more bones; joint |
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arthritis |
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inflammation of a joint |
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cruciate ligaments |
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ligaments that cross each other forming an X within the notch between the femoral condyles |
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hematopoiesis |
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production and development of blood cells, normally in the bone marrow |
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meatus |
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an opening or passage through any part of the body |
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ankyl/o |
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stiffness; bent, cooked |
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arthr/o |
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joint |
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kyph/o |
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hill, mountain |
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lamin/o |
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lamina |
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lord/o |
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curve, swayback |
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orth/o |
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straight |
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oste/o |
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bone |
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scoli/o |
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crokked, bent |
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thorac/o |
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chest |
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acromi/o |
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acromion (projection of scapula) |
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brachi/o |
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arm |
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calcane/o |
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calcaneum (heel) |
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carp/o |
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carpus (wrist bone) |
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cephal/o |
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head |
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cervic/o |
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neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
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clavicul/o |
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clavicle |
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cost/o |
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rib |
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crani/o |
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cranium (skull) |
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dactyl/o |
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fingers; toes |
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fibul/o |
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fibular (smaller bone of lower leg) |
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ili/o |
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ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
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ischi/o |
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ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
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lumb/o |
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loins, lower back |
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patell/o |
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patella |
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pod/o |
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foot |
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phalang/o |
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phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
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pub/o |
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pelvis bone |
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radi/o |
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radiation, x-ray, radius |
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spnodyl/o orvertebr/o |
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vertebrea |
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leiomy/o |
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smooth muscle (visceral) |
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muscul/o ormyo |
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muscle |
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rahabd/o |
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rod- shaped, striated |
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rhabdomy/o |
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rod shaped muscle |
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chondr/o |
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cartilage |
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fasci/o |
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band, fascia |
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fibr/o |
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fiber, fibrous tissue |
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synov/o |
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synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
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ten/o ortend/o ortendin/o |
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tendon |
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-asthenia |
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weakness, debility |
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-clasia orclast |
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to break; surgical fracure |
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-desis |
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binding, fixation |
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-physis |
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growth |
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-porosis |
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porous |
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-scopy |
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visual examiniation |
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syn- |
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union, together, joined |
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ankylosis |
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stiffening and immobility of a joint |
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carpal tunnel syndrome |
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painful condition resulting from compression of the median nervin |
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claudication |
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lameness, limping |
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contracture |
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firbrosis of connective tissue in skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or joint |
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crepitation |
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dry, grating sound or sensation caused by bone ends rubbing together |
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exacerbation |
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increase in severity of a disease or of any of its symptoms |
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ganglion cyst |
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tumor of tendon sheath or joint capsule |
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hypotonia |
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loss of muscular tone or a diminished resistance to passive stretching |
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hemarthrosis |
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effusion of blood into a joint cavity |
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multiple myeloma |
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primary malignant tumor that infiltrates the bone and red bone marrow |
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osetophyte |
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bony outgrowth that occasionally develops on the vertebra and may exert pressure on the spinal cord |
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rickets, rachitis |
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form of ostemoalacia in children caused by vitamin D deficiency |
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sequestrum |
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fragment ofd bone that has become separated from surrounding tissue |
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spondylolisthesis |
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forward slopping of a verebrae over the one below it |
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spondylosis |
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degeneration of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae and related tissues |
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sprain |
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trearing of ligament tissue that may be slight, moderate, or complete |
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strain |
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to exert physical force in a manner that may result in injury, usually muscular |
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subluxation |
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partial or incomplete dislocation |
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talopes |
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any number of foot deformities; club foot |
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