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71 Cards in this Set
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calc/o |
calcium
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kyph/o
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humpback, hunchback |
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lamin/o
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lamina (part of vertebral arch)
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lord/o
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curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region) |
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lumb/o |
loins, lower back |
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myel/o
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bone marrow |
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orth/o |
straight
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oste/o |
bone
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scoli/o
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crooked, bent (lateral curvature of spine) |
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spondyl/o
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vertebra
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vertebr/o
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vertebra
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-blast |
immature cell, embryonic |
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-clast |
to break
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-malacia |
softening |
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-physis |
to grow |
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum (hip socket) |
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calcen/o |
calcaneus (heel)
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carp/o
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carpals (wrist
bones) |
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clavicul/o |
clavicle (collarbone)
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cost/o
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ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs) |
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crani/o
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cranium (skull)
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femor/o |
femur (thigh bone) |
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fibul/o
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fibula (smaller of bones in leg)
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humer/o |
humerus (upper arm)
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ili/o
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ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)
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ischi/o |
ischium (posterior part of pelvis)
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malleol/o
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malleolus (process in ankle)
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mandibul/o |
mandible (lower jaw)
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maxill/o |
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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metacarp/o
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metacarpals (hand bones)
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metatars/o |
metatarsals (foot bones)
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olecran/o
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olecranon (elbow)
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patell/o |
patella (kneecap)
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pelv/i |
pelvis (hipbone) |
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peron/e |
fibula |
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phalang/o |
phalanges (fingers and toes) |
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pub/o |
pubis (anterior part of pelvis)
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radi/o |
radius (forearm bone—thumb side) |
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scapul/o |
scapula (shoulder blade)
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stern/o |
sternum (breastbone) |
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tars/o |
tarsals (bones of the hindfoot) |
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tibi/o |
tibia (shin bone) |
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uln/o |
ulna (forearm bone—little finger side) |
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ankyl/o
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stiff
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arthr/o |
joint
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articul/o |
joint
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burs/o |
bursa |
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chondr/o |
cartilage |
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-desis |
to bind, tie together |
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-stenosis |
narrowing |
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leiomy/o |
smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
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myocardi/o |
heart muscle
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rhabdomy/o |
skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
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-listhesis |
slipping |
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-porosis |
pore, passage |
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-pore |
instrument to cut |
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ligament/o |
ligament |
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rheumat/o |
watery flow |
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synov/o |
synovial membrane |
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ten/o, tendin/o |
tendon |
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fasci/o |
fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles) |
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fibr/o |
fibrous connective tissue |
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my/o, myos/o |
muscle |
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plant/o |
sole of the foot |
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sarc/o |
muscle and flesh |
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-asthenia |
lack of strength |
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-trophy |
development, nourishment |
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ab- |
away from |
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ad- |
toward |
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dorsi- |
back |
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poly- |
many, much |
