- /emesis, /emetic
- vomiting
- /lucent, /lucency
- transmits light, a white spot on an x-ray
- /valgus, valgus
- bent outward
- Achilles tendon
- strong tendon joining muscles in calf of leg to bone of heel
- acromion
- outer end of spine of scapula that protects glenoid cavity, forms outer angle of shoulder and articulates with clavicle
- aerobic,
anaerobic - -living, active, occurring only in presence of oxygen
-living, active, occurring in absence of free oxygen - alveol/o
- alveolus, alveoli
- apposition
- 1. The putting in contact of two parts or substances.
2. The condition of being placed or fitted together.
3. The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
- bone parts
- diaphysis, metaphysis, epiphysis, medullary canal, periosteal membrane
- clubbing
- proliferation of soft tissue around the ends of fingers or toes, without osseous change
- disease
- Paget's (osteitis deformans), Hansen's, Albers-Schonberg, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Osgood-Schlatter
- exremity pulses
- radial,brachial,femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, dorsalis pedis
- fontanelle
- anterior fontanelle,
posterior fontanelle
(soft spot on head of fetus or infant) - fracture
- comminuted, greenstick, compression, Barton's, Colles'
- gout
- high level of uric acid in blood and deposition of urate crystals around a joint
- idiosyncratic
- 1. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group.
2. A physiological or temperamental peculiarity.
3. An unusual individual reaction to food or a drug. - infarct, infarction
- An area of tissue that undergoes necrosis as a result of obstruction of local blood supply, as by a thrombus or embolus.
- LCL
MCL
ACL - lateral collateral ligaments
medial collateral ligaments
anterior cruciate ligaments - lepromat/o
- leprosy (Hansen's disease)
- LLE
LUE
RLE
RUE - left lower extremity
left upper extremity
right lower extremity
right upper extremity
- luxat/o
- slipped, dislocated
- mast/o
- breast or breast-shaped, mastoid process or sinus
- MCP
MTP - metacarpal-phalangeal, metacarpophalangeal, metatarsal-phalangeal, metatarsophelangeal
- menisc/o
- meniscus; crescent
- navicul/o
- navicular bone; little boat
- oblique
- Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal.
- olecranon
- lg. process of ulna that projects behind elbow. back of elbow - connects to tricep
- phalang/o
- phalanx, phalanges
- process, processes
- styloid, zygomatic, mastoid, palatine
- quadr/i, quadr/u
- four or fourths
- rheumat/o
- watery discharge, rheumatic condition
- sciatica
- neuralgia along the course of the sciatic nerve, most often with pain radiating into the buttock and lower limb, most commonly due to herniation of a lumbar disk.
- sin/o, sinus/o
- sinus, a cavity
- sinus
- sphenoid, ethmoid, frontal, maxillary, mastoid
- trapezi/o
- trapezius muscle, trapezium bone
- trochant/o, trochanter/o
- runner, part of a femur
- verterbral levels
- cervical = C1-C7
thoracic = T1-T12
lumbar = L1-L5 - volar
- relating to palm of hand or sole of foot. located on same side as palm of hand.
- WDWN
- well developed, well nourished
- xiphoid
- 1. sword-shaped; ensiform.
2. xiphoid process.
xiphoid process:
the pointed process of cartilage, supported by a core of bone, connected with the posterior end of the body of the sternum. - zygomatic/o, zyg/o
- junction, zygoma bone
