Medical Terminology-Skeletal
This combining form means bone
What is oste/o?
This combining form means muscle.
What is my/o?
This is the continuous process of the formation of blood.
What is hematopoiesis?
This type of muscle is usually under voluntary control and attaches to bones.
What is skeletal muscle? It is usually under voluntary control and attaches to bones, producing movement when it contracts.
This condition involves reduced bone density and increased fracture risk.
What is osteoporosis? It is a disease of low bone density that weakens bones and increases the risk of fractures.
This combining form means joint
What is arthr/o?
This term means breakdown of muscles that cause damage to the kidneys.
What is rhabdomyolysis?
This type of bone is longer than it is wide and includes the femur.
What is a long bone? Long bones are longer than they are wide; the femur is an example and helps support movement.
This cord of connective tissue attaches muscle to bone.
What is a tendon? A tendon is a strong connective-tissue cord that connects muscle to bone and transmits pulling force.
What is ataxia?
This combining form means cartilage
What is chondr/o?
This suffix means development, growth, or nourishment; atrophy describes a decrease in tissue size.
What is -trophy?
This it the area of the vertebra where spinous and transverse processes connect.[13]
What is the lamina?
This connective tissue attaches one bone to another at a joint.
What is a ligament? A ligament connects bone to bone at a joint and helps stabilize it.
This broad term describes inflammation of one or more joints.
What is arthritis? Arthritis means inflammation of one or more joints and may cause pain, stiffness, and reduced movement.
This combining form can refer to bone marrow or the spinal cord.
What is myel/o?
This suffix means paralysis.
What is -plegia? The suffix means paralysis, or loss of voluntary movement; paraplegia affects both legs.
These provide most of the movement of the body when bones and muscles work together at these joints.
What are synovial joints?
What is cardiac muscle?
This injury is an overstretching or tearing of a muscle or tendon.
What is a strain? A strain is an overstretch or tear of muscle or tendon, often resulting from overuse or sudden force.
This suffix means a cell that breaks down or resorbs bone.
What is -clast? The suffix refers to a cell that breaks down or resorbs tissue; an osteoclast resorbs bone.
This combining form means movement.
What is kinesi/o? It is a combining form meaning movement, as in kinesiology, the study of body movement.
These bone-resorbing cells work with bone-forming cells to continually remodel bone.
What are osteoclasts? These cells break down and resorb bone, working alongside bone-forming osteoblasts to remodel the skeleton.
Increasing the angle of the foot and leg (i.e., the foot moves downward toward the ground, such as when pressing down on a gas pedal in a car).
What is plantar flexion?
This is an abnormal, lateral curvature, accompanied by twisting of the vertebral column. Usually more common in girls.
What is scoliosis?