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74 Cards in this Set
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calc/o |
calcium |
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calci/o |
calcium |
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kyph/o |
posterior curvature in thoracic regoin |
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lamin/o |
lamina |
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lord/o |
curve |
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lumb/o |
loins, lower back |
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myel/o |
bone marrow |
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orth/o |
straight |
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oste/o |
bone |
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scoli/o |
crooked |
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spondyl/o |
vertebra |
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vertebr/o |
vertebra |
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-blast |
embryonic cell |
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-clast |
to break |
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-listhesis |
slipping |
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-malacia |
softening |
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-physis |
to grow |
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-porosis |
pore, passage |
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-tome |
instrument to cut |
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acetabul/o |
acetabulum (hip socket) |
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calcane/o |
calcaneus (heal) |
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carp/o |
carpals (wrist bones) |
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clavicul/o |
clavicle (collar bone) |
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costo/o |
ribs |
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crani/o |
cranium (skull) |
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femor/o |
femur (thigh bones) |
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fibul/o |
fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
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humer/o |
humerus (upper are bone) |
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ili/o |
ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
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ischi/o |
ischium (part of pelvic bone)
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malleol/o |
malleolus |
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mandibul/o |
mandible (lower jaw bone) |
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maxill/o |
maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
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metacarp/o |
metacarpals (hand bones) |
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metatars/o |
metatarsals (foot bones) |
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olecran/o |
olecranon (elbow) |
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patell/o |
patella (kneecap) |
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pelv/i |
pelvis |
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perone/o |
fibula |
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phalang/o |
phalanges (finger, toe bone) |
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pub/o |
pubis |
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radi/o |
radius (bone inner arm) |
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scapul/o |
scapula (shoulder blade) |
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stern/o |
sternum (breastbone) |
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tars/o |
tarsals |
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tibi/o |
tibia (shin bone) |
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uln/o |
ulna (lower are bone) |
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anlyl/o |
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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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 |
tendon |
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tendin/o |
tendon |
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-desis |
to bind, tie together |
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-stenosis |
narrowing |
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fasci/o |
fascia |
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fibr/o |
fibrous |
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leiomy/o |
smooth muscle |
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my/o |
muscle |
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mycardi/o |
heart muscle |
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myos/o |
muscle |
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plant/o |
sole of the foot |
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rhabdomy/o |
skeletal muscle connected to bones |
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-asthenia |
lack of length |
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-trophy |
development, nourishment |
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atrophy |
no development of a muscle (waste away) |
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ab- |
away |
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ad- |
toward |
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dorsi- |
back |
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poly- |
many, much |
