Combing Forms
ankyl/o
What is crooked; bent;stiffness
a-, an-
What is without ; not
–scopy
What is visual examination
Fixation of a joint
What is arthropexy / arthrodesis
Tendinitis
What is inflammation of the tendon
Fx (#)
Fracture
dactyl/o
what is fingers ; toes
brachy-
What is short
–oid
What is resembling
Incision into the kneecap
What is patellotomy
Podiatry
What is medicine/treatment of the foot
ROM
RANGE OF MOTION
myel/o
What is bone marrow ; spinal cord
cine-
What is movement
–physis
What is growth
Bone tumor
What is osteoma
Arthrodesis
binding/ fixation of the joint
MRI
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
kyph/o
What is humpback
dys-
What is bad ; painful ; difficult
–tomy
What is incision
Pain in the joint
What is arthralgia/ arthrodynia
Myograph
instrument for recording the muscle
MS
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS /MUSCULOSKELETAL
scoli/o
What is curved ; bent ; crooked
inter-
What is between
-malacia
What is softening
To break a bone
What is osteoclasis /Osteoclasia / Osteoclast
Spondylitis
inflammation of the vertebrae(back bone)
CT
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
rhabdomy/o
What is rod – shaped muscle
sym-
What is union ; together ; joined
–cyte
What is cell
Specialist in the study of the bones
osteocian osteologist
Patelloplasty
surgical repair of the kneecap /patella
Ca
CANCER ; CALCIUM
rachi/o
What is spine ; vertebra
sub-
What is under ; below
–blast
What is embryonic cell
instrument for recording the muscle
What is Myograph
Osteoarthritis
inflammation of the bone and joint
C1,C2
FIRST CERVICAL VERTEBRA ; SECOND VERTEBRA ETC.
fasci/o
What is band; fascia
quadri-
What is four
–clasis
What is to break ; surgical fracture
instrument for recording the joint
What is Arthrograph
Arthrodesis
binding/ fixation of the joint
EMG
ELECTROMYOGRAPHY