MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
13 MUSCULOSKELETAL PREFIXES
1. A-/AN-: WITHOUT, ABSENT
2. AB-: AWAY FROM
3. AD-: TOWARD
4. AMPHI-: ON BOTH SIDES, AROUND
5. BRADY-: SLOW
6. DYS-: PAINFUL, DIFFICULT, ABNORMAL
7. ENDO-: WITHIN, INNER
8. EPI-: UPON, ABOVE, ON TOP
9. HYPER-: EXCESSIVE, ABOVE NORMAL
10. INTER-: BETWEEN
11. INTRA-: WITHIN, INSIDE
12. PERI-: AROUND SURROUNDING
13. POLY-: MANY, MULTIPLE
26 MUSCULOSKELETAL SUFFIXES
1. -ALGIA: PAIN
2. -ASTHENIA: WEAKNESS
3. -BLAST: IMMATURE
4. -CLAST: CELL THAT BREAKS DOWN/ABSORBS
5. -CYTE: MATURE CELL
6. -DESIS: SURGICAL FIXATION, BINDING, FUSING
7. -DYNIA: PAIN
8. -ECTOMY: SURGICAL REMOVAAL, EXCISION
9. -GRAFT: TRANSPLANTATION OF TISSUE
10. -GRAPHY: PROCESS OF RECORDING
11. -ION: ACTION, PROCESS
12. -ITIS: INFLAMMATION
13. -KINESIA: MOVEMENT, MOTION
14. -LISTHESIA: SLIPPING, DISPLACEMENT
15. -MALACIA: ABNORMAL SOFTENING
16. -OMA: TUMOR, MASS
17. -OSIS: ABNORMAL CONDITION, INCREASE
18. -PENIA: DEFICIENCY, DECREASE
19. -PHYSIS: GROWTH, GROWING
20. -PLASTY: SURGICAL REPAIR OR RECONSTRUCTION
21. -POROSIS: POROUS, PASSAGE
22. -RRHAPHY: SURGICAL SUTURING
23. -RRHEXIS: RUPTURE
24. -SARCOMA: MALIGNANT TUMOR OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
25. -SCHISIS: SPLITTING, FISSURE
26. -TOMY: INCISION, CUTTING INTO
37 MUSCULOSKELETAL ROOT WORDS
1. ANKYL/O: CROOKED, BENT, STIFF
2. ARTHR/O: JOINT
3. ARTICUL/O: JOINT
4. BURS/O: BURSA
5. CALCAN/E: CALCANEUS
6. CARP/O: CARPUS
7. CERVIC/O: NECK
8. CHONDR/O: CARTILAGE
9. CLAVICUL/O: CLAVICLE
10. COST/O: RIB
11. CRANI/O: SKULL, CRANIUM
12. DACTYL/O: DIGIT
13. FASCI/O: FASCIA
14. FIBUL/O: FIBULA
15. KINESI/O: MOVEMENT, MOTION
16. KYPH/O: HUMPBACK, BENT
17. LAMIN/O: LAMINA
18. LEIOMY/O: SMOOTH MUSCLE
19. LORD/O: CURVE, SWAYBACK
20. LUMB/O: LOINS, LOWER BACK
21. MUSCUL/O: MUSCLE
22. MY/O: MUSCLE
23. MYEL/O: BONE MARROW
24. MYOS/O: MUSCLE
25. ORTH/O: STRAIGHT, NORMAL
26. OSTE/O: BONE
27. PATELL/O: PATELLA
28. PED/O: FOOT
29. POD/O: FOOT
30. RHABDOMY/O: STRIATED/SKELETAL MUSCLE
31. SCOLI/O: CROOKED, CURVED
32. SPONDYL/O: VERTEBRA
33. SYNOVI/O: SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE/FLUID
34.TEN/O: TENDON
35. TEND/O: TENDON
36. TENDIN/O: TENDON
37. VERTEBR/O: VERTEBRA
19 MUSCULOSKELETAL ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND EPONYMS
1. ADL: ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
2. ALS: AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
3. BMD: BONE MINERAL DENSITY
4. C1-C7: CERVICAL VERTEBRAE 1 THROUGH 7
5. CTS: CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
6. DDD: DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE
7. DIP: DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL
8. DMD: DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
9. DTR: DEEP TENDON REFLEX
10. EMG: ELECTROMYOGRAPHY
11. FX/FX: FRACTURE
12. L1-L5: LUMBAR VERTEBRAE 1 THROUGH 5
13. NSAID: NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG
14. OA: OSTEOARTHRITIS
15. ORIF: OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION
16. RA: RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
17. RICE: REST, ICE, COMPRESSION, ELEVATION
18. ROM: RANGE OF MOTION
19. TMJ: TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
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