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81 Cards in this Set
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calc/o
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calcium
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calci/o
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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; swayback
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lumb/o
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lower back; loin
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myel/o
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spinal cord; 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
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-blast
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embryonic; 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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condition of pores (spaces)
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum (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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wrist bones (carpals)
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clavicul/o
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clavicle (collar bone)
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cost/o
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rib
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crani/o
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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
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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
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ischi/o
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ischium (part of hip bone)
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malleol/o
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malleolus
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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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patell/o
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patella
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pelv/i
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pelvis; hip region
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perone/o
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fibula
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phalang/o
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phalanges (of fingers and toes)
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pub/o
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pubis (anterior part of hip bone)
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radi/o
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x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
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scapul/o
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scapula; shoulder blade
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stern/o
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sternum (breastbone)
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tars/o
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tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones between the foot and the leg)
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tibi/o
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tibia (shin bone)
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uln/o
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ulna (medial lower arm 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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bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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ligament/o
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ligament
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rheumat/o
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watery flow
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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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tendin/o
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tendon
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-desis
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bind, tie together
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-stenosis
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tightening; stricture
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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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leiomy/o
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smooth (visceral) muscle
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my/o
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muscle
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myocardi/o
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myocardium (heart muscle)
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myos/o
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muscle
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plant/o
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sole of the foot
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rhabdomy/o
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striated (skeletal) muscle
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sarc/o
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flesh (connective tissue)
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-asthenia
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lack of strength
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-trophy
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nourishment; development (condition of)
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward
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dorsi-
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back
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poly-
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many; much
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flexion
(Note: Does not appear in glossary) |
decreasing the angle between two bones; bending a limb
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extension
(Note: Does not appear in glossary) |
increasing the angle between two bones; straightening out a limb
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abduction
(Note: Does not appear in glossary) |
movement away from the midline of the body
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adduction
(Note: Does not appear in glossary) |
movement toward the midline of the body
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rotation
(Note: Does not appear in glossary) |
circular movement around an axis (central point). Internal rotation is toward the midline and external rotation is away from the midline
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dorsiflexion
(Note: Does not appear in glossary) |
Decreasing the angle of the ankle joint so that the foot bends backwards (upwards). This is the opposite movement of stepping on the gas pedal when driving a car.
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plantar flexion
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motion that extends the foot downward toward the ground as when pointing the toes or stepping on the gas pedal. Plant/o means sole of the foot.
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supination
(Note: Does not appear in glossary) |
as applied to the hand and forearm, the act of turning the palm up. As applied to the foot, it is outward roll of the foot during normal motion.
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pronation
(Note: Does not appear in glossary) |
as applied to the hand and forearm, the act of turning the palm down. As applied to the foot, it is inward roll of the foot during normal motion
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