Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Musculoskeletal Prefixes
Prefixes for the Musculoskeletal system
13
Medical
Not Applicable
06/02/2025
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Medical Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
a-
 Definition

Abscence of, without

ex:Atrophy
Term
ab-
 Definition

Away

ex:Abduction
Term
ad-
 Definition

Toward

ex: Adduction
Term
brady-
 Definition

Slow

ex: Bradykinesia
Term
dys-
 Definition

Painful, difficult,abnormal,labored

ex: Dystonia
Term
hyper-
 Definition

Above,Excessive

ex: Hypertonia
Term
inter-
 Definition

Between

ex: Intervertebral disc
Term
intra-
 Definition

Within, in

ex: Intramuscular injection
Term
poly-
 Definition

Many, Much

ex:Polydactly
Term
sub-
 Definition

Below, Under

ex: Subcapularis Muscle
Term
supra-
 Definition

Above

ex: Suprapatellar
Term
sym-
 Definition

Together, Joined

ex: Symphysis Pubis
Term
syn-
 Definition

Together, Joined

ex: Synarthrosis
Supporting users have an ad free experience!