Combining Forms
The combining form for Meniscus.
What is Meniscus?
The abnormal reduction of bone mass.
What is osteopenia?
The displacement of bones in a joint from their normal alignment.
What is dislocation?
The term often abbreviated to fx.
What is Fracture?
Analyze and Define osteoarthritis.
Oste/o- combining form(word root and combining vowel) bone
Arthr- word root; joint
-itis- suffix; inflammation
The combining form for Tendon.
What is Tendin/o?
The fusing together of the vertebrae.
What is spondylosyndesis?
The abnormal stretching or tearing of a ligament that supports a joint.
What is sprain?
The term often abbreviated to EMG.
What is electromyogram?
The analysis and definition of microdiscectomy.
micro- prefix; small
disc-word root; intervertebral disk
ectomy- suffix; excision/ surgical removal
The combining form for Synovia/Synovial Membrane.
What is Synovi/o?
The fissure of the cranium.
What is cranioschisis?
A physician who specializes in the study and treatment of diseases and abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system.
What is orthopedist?
The term often abbreviated to DO.
what is doctor of osteopathy?
Another name for a joint fusion.
What is arthrodesis?
The combining form for Intervertebral Disk.
What is Disc/o?
The term meaning slow movement.
What is bradykinesia?
The inflammation of the connective tissue of the sole of the foot due to repetitive injury.
What is plantar fasciitis?
The term often abbreviated to C1-C7.
What is cervical vertebrae?
Two different names for bone density tests.
What is Dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), dual energy x-ray absorptiometry [DEXA]?
Another combining form for vertebra, spine, and vertebral column?
What is spondyl/o?
The abnormal condition of blood in the joint.
What is hemarthosis?
The disease characterized by autoimmune inflammatory changes in the connective tissue throughout the body.
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)?
The term often abbreviated to DEXA.
What is dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry?
Linda is a 59 yr old women who gotten diagnosed with Osteoporosis 3 years ago, she came into the ER with severe pain in her lower back. She was scheduled for an MRI and her results came back to show she has a compressed fracture in her spine that needs surgery. This surgical repair is needed in her situation.
What is vertebroplasty?