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81 Cards in this Set
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calc/o
calci/o |
calcium
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kyph/o
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humpback
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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 (anterior curvature of the spine)
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lumb/o
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lumbar region of spine
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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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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
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immature cell
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-clast
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to break
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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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-tome
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instrument to cut
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum
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calcen/o
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calcaneus (heel)
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carp/o
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wrist
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clavicul/o
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clavicle (collarbone)
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cost/o
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rib
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crani/o
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cranium (skull)
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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 of bones in leg)
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humer/o
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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
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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
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mandible (lower jaw)
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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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patell/o
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patella (kneecap)
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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peron/e
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fibula (smaller bone in lower leg)
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phalang/o
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phalanges (fingers and toes)
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pub/o
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pubis (anterior part of pelvis)
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radi/o
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radius (lower arm, thumb side)
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scapul/o
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scapula (shoulder blade)
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stern/o
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sternum
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tars/o
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tarsals (ankle bones)
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tibi/o
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tibia (larger bone in lower leg)
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uln/o
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ulna (bone in lower arm little finger side)
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Ewing Sarcoma
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malignant bone tumor
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exostosis
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bony growth arising from surface of bone (ie bunions)
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Colles Fracture
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in wrist
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comminuted fracture
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bone shatters
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compression fracture
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bone is compressed
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green stick fracture
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In children, bone does not break completely so one side is bent
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impacted fracture
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one piece is driven into the other
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talipes
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clubfoot
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bursae
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sacs of synovial fluid
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tendons bind?
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bone to muscle
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ligaments bind?
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bone to bone
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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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articul/o
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joint
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burs/o
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bursae
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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-desis
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bind together
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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ankylosing spondylitis
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infl of joints with stiffening, primarily in spine
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gouty arthritis
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infl and swelling of joints, caused by excessive uric acid
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osteoarthritis
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joint disease, loss of articulating cartilage and hypertrophy of bone
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ganglion
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fluid filled cyst in wrist
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systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
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imflamm. auto immune disease
butterfly rash on face |
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origin
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beginning , attachment to stationary bone
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insertion
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where muscle joins bone that moves
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flexion
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bending a limb
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extension
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straightening a limb
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abduction
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away from body
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adduction
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towards the body
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supination
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turning palm up
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pronation
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turning palm down
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dorsiflexion
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foot bends upwards
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plantar flexion
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pushing forward with foot (gas pedal)
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fasci/o
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fascia
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leimy/o
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smooth muscle
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myocardi/o
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heart muscle
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rhabdomy/o
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skeletal muscle
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