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93 Cards in this Set
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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ab-
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away from
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-algia
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pain
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ankyl/o
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stiff
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arthr/o
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joint
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-asthenia
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lack of strength
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burs/o
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bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
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cervic/o
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neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
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chondr/o
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cartledge
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coccyg/o
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coccyx (tailbone)
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dia-
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through, complete
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dorsi-
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back
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-desis
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to bind, tie together
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-emia
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blood condition
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epi-
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above, upon, on
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exo-
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out, away from
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fasci/o
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fascia (membrane supporting muscles)
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fibr/o
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fiber
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hyper-
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above, excessive
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ischi/o
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ischium (posterior part of the pelvic bone)
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leiomy/o
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smooth (visceral) muscle
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ligament/o
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ligament
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lumb/o
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lower back, loin
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meta-
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change, beyond
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my/o
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muscle
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myocardi/o
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myocadium (heart muscle)
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ped/o
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child, foot
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-penia
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deficiency
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peri-
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surrounding
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plant/o
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sole of foot
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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poly-
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many, much
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sub-
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under, below
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-stenosis
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tightening, stricture
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supra-
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above, upper
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sym-
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together, with
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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rhabdomy/o
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striated (skeletal) muscle
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rheumat/o
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watery flow
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ad-
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toward
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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synov/o
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synovia, synovial membrane, sheath around a tendon
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ten/o
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tendon
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thorac/o
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chest
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calc/o
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calcium
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kyph/o
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humpback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
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lamin/o
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lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
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lord/o
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curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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orth/o
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straight
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oste/o
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bone
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myos/o
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muscle
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scoli/o
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crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
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spondyl/o
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vertebra (used to make words about conditinos of structure)
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-blast
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embroyonic or immature cell
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-clast
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to break
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-listhesis
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slipping
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-malacia
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softening
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-physis
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to grow
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-porosis
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pore, passage
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articul/o
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joint
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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acetabul/o
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aceatabulum (hip socket)
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calcane/o
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calcaneus (heel bone)
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carp/o
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carpals
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clavicul/o
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clavicle (collar bone)
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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 bones)
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femor/o
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femur (thigh bone)
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fibul/o
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fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
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mandibul/o
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mandible (lower jaw bone)
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maxill/o
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maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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metacarp/o
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metacarpals (hand bones)
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metatars/o
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metatarsals (foot bones)
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olecran/o
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olecranon (elbow)
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calci/o
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calcium
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vertebr/o
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vertebra (used to describe the structure)
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patell/o
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patella (kneecap)
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pelv/i
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pelvis (hipbone)
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perone/o
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fibula
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phalang/o
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phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)
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pub/o
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pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
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radi/o
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radius (lower arm bone - thumb side)
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scapul/o
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scapula (shoulder bone)
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stern/o
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sternum (breastbone)
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tars/o
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tarsals (bones of the hind foot)
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tibi/o
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tibia (shin bone)
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uln/o
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ulna (lower arm bone - little finger side)
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humer/o
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humerus (upper arm bone)
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ili/o
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ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone)
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tendin/o
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tendon
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sarc/o
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flesh (connective tissue)
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malleol/o
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malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)
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