Word parts
Stern/o
What is the combining form for the breast bone?
What is my/o or myos/o?
CTS - spell it!
A splintered or crushed bone.
What is a comminuted fracture?
This muscle is aka the calf muscle and resembles the stomach.
What is the gastrocnemious?
What is crani/o?
Orth/o
What is the combining form for straight?
What is Fx?
Bone is broken but there is no open wound in the skin.
What is a simple/closed fracture?
The number 7 in reference to this in the vertebrae
What is the 7 cervical vertebrae in the neck?
cost/o
Oste/o
What is the combining form for bone?
IM - spell it!
What is intramuscular?
The bone is broken and a fragment of bone protrudes through an open wound in the skin.
What is a compound/open fracture?
The upper thigh bone.
What is the femur?
Combining form for joint.
What is arthr/o?
Myel/o
What is bone marrow or spinal cord?
NSAID - Spell it!
What is nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug?
This type of facture does not break, but "bend" and seen more in children because bone is made up of more cartilage.
What is a greenstick fracture?
Turning the palm upward.
What is supination?
What is the combining form for neck?
The combining form for cartilage.
What is chondr/o?
ROM
What is range of motion?
Fracture of the wrist.
What is a Colles fracture?
Muscle connected to internal organs, involuntary or smooth muscle.
What is visceral muscle?