Medical Terminology II

Place of union between two or more bones; also called joint.

Spongy or porous structure, as found at the ends of long bones.

Ligaments that cross each other forming an X within the notch between the femoral condyles.

Production and development of blood cells, normally in the bone marrow.

Moves closer to the midline

Moves away from the midline.

Decreases the angle of a joint.

Increases the angle of a joint.

Moves a bone around its own axis.

Palms down

Palms up

Moves the sole of the foot inward

Moves the sole of the foot outward

Elevates the foot

Lowers the foot (points toes)

Stiffness, bent, crooked

Joint

Humpback

Curve, swayback

Bone marrow; spinal cord

Straight

Bone

Foot; child

Crooked, bent

Arm

Calcaneum (heel bone)

Carpus (wrist bone)

Head

Clavicle (collar bone)

Ribs

Cranium (skull)

Fingers; toes

Femur (thigh bone)

Fibula (smaller bone of the lower leg)

Humerus (upper arm bone)

Ischium (lower portion of hip bone)

Metacarpus (hand bone)

Metatarsus (foot bones)

Patella (kneecap)

Pelvis

Phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes)

Foot

Pelvis bone

Vertebrae (backbone)

Sternum (breastbone)

Tibia (larger bone of the lower leg)

Smooth musch (visceral)

Muscle

Rod-shaped (striated)

Rod shapes (striated muscle)

Band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)

Fiber, fibrous tissue

Synovial membrane, synovial fluid

Tendon

Weakness, debility

To break; surgical fracture

To break

Growth

Porous

Lameness, limping

Fibrosis connective tissue in the skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue and joint.

Dry, grating sound or sensation caused by bone ends rubbing together, indicating a fracture or joint destruction.

Use of electical stimulation to record the strength of muscle contraction.

Increase in severity of a disease or any of its symptoms.

Tumor of tendon sheath or joint capsule, commonly found in the wrist.

Effusion of blood into a joint cavity.

Loss of muscular tone or a diminished resistance to passive stretching.

Primary malignant tumor that infiltrates the bone and red bone marrow.

Bonly outgrowth that occasionally develops on the vertebra and may exert pressure on the spinal cord also called bone spur.

Form of osteomalacia in children caused by vitamin D deficiency.

Fragment of necrosed bone that has become separated from surrounding tissue.

Any slipping (subluxation) of a vertebra from its normal position in relationship to the one beneath it.

Tearing of ligament tissue that may be slight, moderate, or complete.

Partial or incomple dislocation

• Procedure that restores a bone to its normal position by manipulation rather than by surgery.
• Reduction procedure that treats bone fractures by placing the bones in their proper position using surgery.

Puncture of a joint space using a needle to remove accumulated fluid.

Surgical breaking of an ankylosed joint to provide movement.

Fluid that passes from the blood through the capillary walls of the plomeruli of the kidney.

Products of cellular metabolism that contain nitrogen.

Perous membrance that lines the abdominopelvis cavity and covers most of the organs within the cavity.

Liquid portion of blood, composed primarily of water (90%), and containing dissolved proteins, nutrients, lipids, and various waste products.

Bladder

Glomerulus

Opening, meatus

Kidney

Renal pelvis

Urine, urinary tract

Ureter

Urethra

Male

Testis

Perineum (area between scrotum (or vulva in the female) and anus)

Prostate gland

Dilated vein

Vessel

Albumin, protein

Nitrogenous compounds

Hidden

Potassium

Ketone bodies

Night

Pus

Killing

Slit, fissure

Urine

Backward, behind

Absense of uring production or urinary output

Retention of excessive amounts of nitrogenous compounds in the blood; also called uremia.

Painful or difficult urination, commonly described as a "burning sensation" while urinating.

Involuntary discharge of urine; also called incontinence.

Abnormal passage from a hollow organ to the surface or from one organ to another.

Loss of large amounts of plasma protein, usually albumin by way of urine due to increased permeability of the glomerular membrane.

Excessive or frequent urination after going to bed.

Diminished capacity to form and pass urine, resulting in inefficient exretion of the end products of metabolism