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Details Title: Medical Terminology Description: Musculoskeletal System Total Flash Cards: 48 Created: 02/27/2008 13:01:42	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term ankly/o Definition crooked or stiff Term arthr/o articul/p Definition joint (articulation) Term brachi/o Definition arm Term cervic/o Definition neck Term chondr/o Definition cartilage (gristel) Term cost/o Definition rib Term crani/o Definition skull Term dactyl/o Definition digit (finger or toe) Term dactyl/o Definition digit (finger or toe) Term fasci/o Definition fascia (a band) Term femor/o Definition femur Term fibr/o Definition fiber Term kyph/o Definition humpback Term lei/o Definition smooth Term lord/o Definition bent Term lumb/o Definition loin (lower back) Term myel/o Definition bone marrow or spinal cord Term my/o myos/o muscul/o Definition muscle Term oste/o Definition bone Term patell/o Definition knee cap Term pelv/i pelv/o Definition hip bone or pelvic cavity Term radio Definition radius Term rhabd/o Definition rod shaped or striated (skeletal) Term sarc/o Definition flesh Term scoli/o Definition twisted Term spondyl/o vertebr/o Definition vertebra Term stern/o Definition sternum (breastbone) Term ten/o tend/o tendin/o Definition tendon (to stretch) Term thorac/o Definition chest Term ton/o Definition tone or tension Term uln/o Definition ulna Term bone Definition specialized connective tissue composed of osteocytes (bone cells) forming the skeleton Term long bones Definition bones of arms and legs Term short bones Definition bones of wrists and ankles Term flat bones Definition bone of ribs, shoulder blades, pelvis, and skull Term irregular bones Definition bones of vertebrae and face Term sesamoid bones Definition round bones found near joints (e.g, patella) Term bone marrow Definition soft connective tissue within the medullary cavities of bones Term periosteum Definition a fibrous, vascular memberane that covers the bone Term articulation Definition a joint; the poin where two bones come together Term bursa Definition a fibrous sac betwwen certain tendons and bones that is lined with a synovial membrane that secretes sysnovia fluid Term disk Definition a flat, palte-like structure composed of fibrocartilaginous tissue found between the vertebrae to reduce friction Term ligament Definition a flexible band of fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone Term striated (skeletal) muscle Definition voluntary striated muscle attached to the skeleton Term smooth muscle Definition involuntary muscle found in internal organs Term cardiac muscle Definition muscle of the heart Term origin of a muscel Definition muscle end attached to the bone that does not move when the muscle contracts Term tendon Definition a band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone