Lesson 29
Terms
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- /emesis, /emetic
- vomiting
- /lucent, /lucency
- transmits light, a white spot on an x-ray
- /valgus, valgus
- bent outward
- /varus, varus
- bent inward
- acetabul/o
- vinegar cup
- 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
- ambulat/o
- walking
- ankyl/o
- stiff, fused
- 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.
- articul/o
- jointed
- bone parts
- diaphysis, metaphysis, epiphysis, medullary canal, periosteal membrane
- circum/
- around
- 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
- fibul/o
- fibula
- fontanelle
- anterior fontanelle, posterior fontanelle (soft spot on head of fetus or infant)
- fracture
- comminuted, greenstick, compression, Barton's, Colles'
- gangli/o
- knot, ganglion
- glen/o
- shoulder, glenoid
- gout
- high level of uric acid in blood and deposition of urate crystals around a joint
- humer/o
- humerus
- hyster/o
- uterus
- 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.
- kyph/o
- hump
- LCL MCL ACL
- lateral collateral ligaments medial collateral ligaments anterior cruciate ligaments
- lepromat/o
- leprosy (Hansen's disease)
- ligament/o
- ligament
- 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
- pigment/o
- colored
- process, processes
- styloid, zygomatic, mastoid, palatine
- quadr/i, quadr/u
- four or fourths
- RA
- rheumatoid arthritis
- rheumat/o
- watery discharge, rheumatic condition
- scaph/o
- boat-shaped
- 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
- ten/o, tendin/o
- tendon
- trapezi/o
- trapezius muscle, trapezium bone
- trochant/o, trochanter/o
- runner, part of a femur
- uln/o
- ulna
- 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