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Skeleton/Bones
Spinal Disorders
Joints/Joint Diseases
Muscles
Combining Forms
100
breastbone
What is the sternum?
100
A lateral curvature of the spine.
What is scoliosis?
100
a compression injury of the median nerve at the wrist
What is CTS (carpal tunnel syndrome)?
100
A disorder charac. by musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, muscle stiffness, and spasms
What is fibromyalgia?
100
Arthr/o, articul/o
What is joint (articulation)?
200
The part of the skeleton that consists of the skull, rib cage, and spine.
What is the axial skeleton?
200
An anterior curvature of the spine?
What is lordosis?
200
An autoimmune d-s that causes joint inflammation.
What is RA (Rheumatoid arthritis)?
200
Low back pain.
What is lumbago?
200
chondr/o, cartilag/o
What is cartilage?
300
bone-building cells
What are osteoblasts?
300
Narrowing of the spine?
What is spinal stenosis?
300
A d-s charac. by degenerative articular cartilage.
What is osteoarthritis?
300
A px that records electrical activity of the muscles.
What is an EMG?
300
-malacia
What is softening?
400
This bone creates our cheek bones.
What is the zygomatic bone?
400
A posterior curvature of the spine.
What is kyphosis?
400
A visual exam of a joint.
What is arthroscopy?
400
Wry neck
What is torticollis?
400
my/o
What is muscle?
500
T1 - T12 are found in which region of the spine?
What is the thoracic?
500
The bones that make up the spine?
What are the vertebrae?
500
A surgical puncture of a joint to remove fluid.
What is arthrocentesis?
500
This one is defined as a traumatic injury to a joint involving overstreching, tearing, or rupturing of ligaments.
What is a sprain?
500
myel/o
What is bone marrow?