1
Q
oste/o
A
bone
2
Q
crani/o
A
head, skull
3
Q
brachi/o
A
arm
4
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
5
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra
6
Q
lumbar/o
A
loin, lower back
7
Q
dactyl/o
A
finger
8
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
9
Q
cost/o
A
rib
10
Q
femor/o
A
femur (thighbone)
11
Q
tibi/o
A
tibia (shinbone)
12
Q
tars/o
A
ankle
13
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
14
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
15
Q
burs/o
A
bursa (small fluid filled sac found near the body’s joints)
16
Q
ten/o tend/o tendin/o
A
tendon
17
Q
connective tissue connecting muscle to bone
A
tendon
18
Q
muscul/o, my/o, myos/o
A
muscle
19
Q
fasci/o
A
fascia
20
Q
connective tissue binding muscles together
A
fascia
21
Q
ton/o
A
tone, tension
22
Q
kinesi/o
A
movement, motion
23
Q
tax/o
A
arrangement, order, connection
24
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiff, bent
25
algia
pain
26
Meta
after
27
pain
dynia
28
crepitation
a crackling sound heard in joints
29
genu valgum
knock-kneed )(
30
genu varum
bowlegged ()
31
Brady
slow
32
Dys
bad
33
Grapho
write
34
Hyper
over
35
Hypo
under
36
centesis
puncture
37
scope
instrument to look
38
scopy
procedure to look
39
electro
electricity
40
gram
record
41
graphy
writing procedure
42
tomo
cut
43
kyphosis
humped back -bent
44
osis
condition
45
lordosis
arched back, bent backwards
46
scoliosis
crooked back
47
malacia
softening
48
Ex
out
49
fracture
a bone break
50
trophy
nourishment
51
lysis
loss, loosen
52
necr/o
death
53
scler/o
hardening
54
Poly
many
55
Syn
together
56
ptosis
drooping condition
57
lith
stone
58
Ef
out
59
fusion
pour
60
py
pus
61
cele
hernia
62
tasis
expansion
63
genesis
creation
64
perfecta
complete
65
myel
marrow
66
penia
deficiency
67
por
pore
68
spinal sten
spine narrow
69
listhesis
slipping
70
Septic
rotting
71
Sub
beneath
72
luxation
dislocation
73
colonus
turmoil
74
asthenia
weakness
75
Tardive
slow
76
sarc
flesh
77
oma
tumor
78
carcin
cancer
79
sic/ tic(s)
agent
80
anti
against
81
pyre
fever
82
ortho
straight
83
prosthesis
device added to the body that replaces a missing part or function
84
internal fixation
fixing broken bone from the inside by using screws, pins, or plates
85
external fixation
fixing broken bone from the outside by using casts, splints, or stabilizers
86
closed reduction
returning bones to proper location without surgery
87
open reduction
returning bones to proper location through surgery
88
clasia
breaking
89
plasty
reconstruction
90
stern/o
sternum
91
desis
binding
92
rrhaphy
suture
93
Hx
history
94
Fx
fracture
95
Tx
traction or treatment
96
ACL
anterior cruciate ligament
97
MCL
medial collateral ligament
98
LCL
lateral collateral ligament
99
PCL
posterior cruciate ligament
100
C1-C7
cervical vertebrae (neck)
101
T1-T12
thoracic vertebrae (chest)
102
L1-L5
lumbar vertebrae (loin)
103
S1-S5
sacral vertebrae
104
DTR
deep tendon reflex
105
EMG
electromyograph
106
FROM
full range of motion
107
NSAID
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
108
OA
osteoarthritis
109
ORIF
open reduction internal fixation
110
PT
physical therapy
111
RA
rheumatoid arthritis
112
RICE
rest, ice, compression, elevate
113
ROM
range of motion
114
WB
weight bearing
115
WBAT
weight bearing as tolerated
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