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81 Cards in this Set
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acromi/o |
acromion process |
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arthr/o |
joint |
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calcane/o |
heel bone |
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carp/o |
carpal bone |
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cervic/o |
cervical, neck
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chrondr/o |
cartilage |
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clacicul/o, cleid/o |
clavicle
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coccyg/o |
coccyx |
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condyl/o |
condyle |
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cost/o |
rib |
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crani/o |
skull |
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dent/o |
tooth |
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disk/o |
disk |
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fibul/o |
fibula |
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femor/o |
femur |
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humer/o |
humerus |
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ischi/o |
ischium |
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kinesi/o |
movement |
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kyph/o |
humpback |
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lamin/o |
lamina |
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lord/o |
swayback |
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lumb/o |
lumbar spine or region |
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malac/o |
softening |
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metacarp/o |
metacarpal bone
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muscul/o |
muscle |
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my/o |
muscle |
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odont/o |
teeth |
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orth/o |
straight |
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oste/o |
bone |
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pelv/i, pelv/o |
pelvic |
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phalang/o |
phalanges |
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por/o |
porous |
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pub/o |
pubis |
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radi/o |
radius |
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rheumat/o |
rheumatism |
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sacr/o |
sacrum |
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scoli/o |
crooked |
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skelet/o |
skeleton |
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spondyl/o |
spine |
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stern/o |
sternum |
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ten/o, tendon/o, tendin/o |
tendon |
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thorac/o |
thorax |
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tibi/o |
tibia
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uln/o |
ulna |
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xiph/o |
xiphoid process |
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a-, an- |
without |
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de- |
down from, less than |
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dys- |
difficulty or painful |
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epi- |
upon |
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inter- |
between |
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meta- |
beyond |
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peri- |
around, near |
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supra- |
above or on the topside |
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-ar, al, ic |
adjective endings, pertaining to |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture to remove fluid |
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-ist |
specialist |
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-meter |
instrument used to measure |
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-metry |
process of measuring |
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-oid |
resembling, like |
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-plasia |
development |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-plegia |
paralysis |
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-scope |
instrument for viewing |
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-scopy |
process of examination with a scope |
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-taxia |
condition of muscular coordination or muscular actions |
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C1, C2, C3.... C7 |
cervical vertebrae, first, second and so on |
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Ca (Ca++ ion) |
calcium |
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CPD |
cephalopelvic disproportion |
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CXR |
chest x-ray
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DDS |
doctor of dental surgery |
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DO |
doctor of osteopathy |
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Dx |
diagnosis |
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Fx |
fracture |
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FxBB |
fracture of both bones |
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L1, L2... L5 |
lumbar vertebrae, first, second and so on |
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OA |
osteoarthritis |
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OREF |
open reduction external fixation |
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ORIF |
open reduction internal fixation |
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Orth, ortho |
orthopedist |
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RA |
rheumatoid arthritis |
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T1, T2, T3,.... T12 |
thoracic vertebrae, first, second and so on |