| A | B |
|---|
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| Cortical bone | Hard, dense, strong bone that formsthe outer layer of bone |
| Cancellous bone | lighter, less dense spongy bone found in ends and middle of long bones |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| Arthr/o | Joints or articulations |
| Ligament/o | Ligament |
| Ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | Tendon |
| Burs/o | Bursa |
| Synovi/o | Synovial- fluid found in joints |
| Crani/o | skull |
| Maxilla | Upper jaw |
| Mandible | Lower jaw |
| spondyl/o, vertebr/o | Vertebrae |
| Cost/o | Ribs |
| Sternum | Breast bone |
| Xiphoid process | caudal end of brest bone |
| Carpus | Wrist |
| Tarsus | Hock |
| Onych/o | Claw |
| Stifle | Knee/Patella |
| Ankylosis | Loss of joint mobility |
| Arthralgia | Joint pain |
| Arthritis | Inflammation of a joint |
| Chondromalacia | Abnormal softening of cartilage |
| Hip dysplasia | Abnormal pelvic joint, acetabulum and head of femur misaligned |
| Luxation | Dislocation of bone from joint |
| Osteomalacia | Abnormal bone softening |
| Osteoporosis | abnromal bone density loss |
| Spondylosis | Degeneration of vertebrae |
| Closed fracture/Simple fracture | Broken bone with no open wound in skin |
| Comminuted fracture | Splintered or crushed bone fracture |
| Compression fracture | fracture happens when bones are pressed together |
| Crepitus | Cracking sensation felt and heard when broken bones move together |
| Displaced fracture | Bone are not aligned |
| Fracture | Broken bone |
| Greenstick fracture | Bone partially broken not complete |
| Oblique fracture | Bone broken at diagonal angle |
| Compound/open fracture | Broken bone pokes through skin, open wound |
| Pathologic fracture | Bone breaks where disease has weakened the bone |
| Physeal fracture | Growth plate fracture |
| Spiral fracture | Bone is twisted til breaks |
| Amputation | Removal of body part |
| Onychectomy | Surgical removal of claw |
| Ostectomy | Surgical removal of bone |
| Osteocentesis | Surgical puncture of the bone |
| Osteopexy | Surgical fixation of bone to body wall |
| Osteoplasty | Surgical repair of bone |
| Oseteostomy | Creating a surgical opening in bone |
| Osteotomy | Surgical incision in bone |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Fibr/o | Fibrous tissue |
| Ten/o, tendin/o, ten/o | Tendon |
| Facia | Fibrous sheet that separates muscles |
| Tendon | Connects muscle to bones or structures |
| Linea alba | White line, found on ventral abdomen-where muscles attach |
| Skeletal, striated muscle, voluntary | attach bone to body, makes movement possible |
| Smooth, nonstriated muscle | produce slow contractions allowing unconscious functioning of internal organs |
| Cardiac, striated, involuntary muscle | Involuntary contraction of heart muscle |
| Adhesion | Band of fibers holding structures together in abnormal ways |
| Ataxia | Lack of voluntary control of muscle movement, stumbling |
| Atrophy | Wasting of organ or tissue |
| Dystrophy | Defective growth |
| Hernia | Protrusion of a body part through tissues that normally contain it |
| Myopathy | Disease of muscle |
| Myositis | Inflammation of voluntary muscle |
| Tendonitis | Inflammation of tendon |
| Tetany | Muscle spasm |
