| A | B |
|---|
| articul/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| -clast | to break |
| -desis | fixation or fusion |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | lumbar, low back |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| stern/o | chest |
| sym- | together, joined |
| syn- | together, joined |
| -um | structure |
| ACL | anterior cruciate ligament |
| EMG | electromyogram |
| IM | intramuscular |
| MCL | mediocollateral ligament |
| ORIF | open reduction, internal fixation |
| THR | total hip replacement |
| TKR | total knee replacement |
| TMJ | temporomandibular joint |
| bursa | a small sac that contains fluid for joint lubrication |
| metacarpal | bones of the hands |
| carpal | bones of the wrist |
| cartilage | special dense connective tissue (nose, ribs,infant skull,etc..) |
| cervical spine | bones of the neck |
| fascia | fibrous connective tissue covering muscles |
| ilium | largest of the hip bones, the flared upper portion |
| ischium | lowest part of the hip bones, strongest |
| lumbar spine | lower spinal bones, the third segment |
| pubis | anterior front part of the hip bones connected by a joint |
| sacrum | the fourth spinal segment,triangle shaped bone |
| synovium | the fluid in the joint cavity |
| tarsal | bones of the ankle |
| metatarsal | bones of the arch of the foot |
| thoracic spine | mid spine bones, second segment |
| dorsal spine | mid spine bones, second segment |
| xiphoid process | lower, flexible portion of the sternum |
| carpal tunnel syndrome | repetitive motion injury of the wrists |
| kyphosis | abnormal outward curvature of the spine |
| lordosis | abnormal inward curvature of the spine |
| muscular dystrophy | progressive wasting away of one's muscles |
| osteomalacia | abnormally soft bones |
| scoliosis | abnormal lateral curvature of the spine |
| systemic lupus erthyematosus | chronic inflammatory connective tissue disease |
| bone marrow biopsy | extaction of the material in the core of bones, foe examination |
| bone scan | the diagnostic exam usine a radioisotope, used for density of bones |
| ACL or MCL repair | surgery to repair the ligaments of the knee |
