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101 Cards in this Set
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carp/o
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carpus
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cost/o
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ribs
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crani/o
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cranium
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humer/o
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humerus
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metacarp/o
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metacarpus
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phalang/o
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phalanges
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spondyl/o
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vertebrae
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vertebr/o
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vertebrae
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stern/o
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sternum
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calcane/o
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calcaneum (heel bone)
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femor/o
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femur
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fibul/o
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fibula
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patell/o
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patella
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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pelv/o
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pelvis
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tibi/o
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tibia
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ankyl/o
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stiffness; bent, crooked
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arthr/o
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joint
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cervic/o
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neck; cervix uteri
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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lamin/o
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lamina
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myel/o
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bone marrow; spinal cord
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radi/o
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radiation, x-ray OR radius
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-clasia
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to break
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-desis
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binding, fixation
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-physis
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growth
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-porosis
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porous
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lumb/o
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loins
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my/o
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muscle
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ten/o
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tendon
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tend/o
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tendon
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tendin/o
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tendon
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-sarcoma
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malignant tumor
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AE
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above elbow
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AK
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above the knee
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BE
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below the elbow
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BK
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below the knee
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CTS
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carpal tunnel syndrome
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Fx
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fracture
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HD
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hip disarticulation
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HNP
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herniated nucleus pulposis
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IM
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intramusclular
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RA
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rheumatoid arthritis
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TKR
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total knee replacement
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en-
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in
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hemi-
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half
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os (PL. OSSA)
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bone
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-clasis
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break
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-clast
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break
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-clasia
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break (condition)
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-desis
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binding, surgical fixation, fusion
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-schisis
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split, fissure
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rachi/o
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spine, vertebral column
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kinesi/o
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movement, motion
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scoli/o
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crooked, curved
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petr/o
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stone
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lei/o
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smooth
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rhabd/o
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rod-shaped, striated
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dactyl/o
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finger or toe
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xiph/o
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sword shaped
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Open, compound fracture
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bone pierces the skin and causes extensive damage to surrounding blood vessels.
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Closed, simple fracture
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bone is broken with no external wound present
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Greenstick fracture
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bone is partially bent and partially broken; found more commonly in children
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Impacted fracture
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broken ends of a bone segment are wedged into one another.
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Ankylosis
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immobility of a joint
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Carpal Tunnel syndrome
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pain or numbness resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel (wrist canal through which flexor tendons and the median nerve pass).
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Crepitation
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grating sound made by movement of bone ends rubbing together, indicating a fracture or joint destruction.
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Gout
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hereditary metabolic disease that is a form of acute arthritis characterized by excessive uric acid in the blood and around the joints.
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Herniated Disk
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herniation or rupture of the nucleus pulposis (center gelatinous material within an intervertebral disk) between two vertebrae. Occurs most often in the lumbar region.
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Kyphosis
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increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic section of the vertebral column; hunchback or humpback.
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Lordosis
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forward curvature of the lumbar spine; swayback
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Myasthenia Gravis
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autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by severe muscular weakness and progressive fatigue.
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Osteoporosis
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decrease in bone density and an increase in porosity, causing bones to become brittle and increasing the risk of fractures.
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Sprain
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ligament injury
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Strain
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muscle injury
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Torticollis
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spasmodic contraction of the neck muscles causing stiffness and twisting of the neck that may be congenial or acquired; wryneck.
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Ewing's sarcoma
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malignant tumor of bone marrow usually in long bones, mostly in young boys
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sequestrum
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fragment of a necrosed bone that has become separated from surrounding tissue
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talipes
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clubfoot
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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choroid/o
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choroid
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corne/o
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cornea
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cor/o
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pupil
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core/o
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pupil
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dacry/o
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tear; lacrimal apparatus
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lacrim/o
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tear; lacrimal apparatus
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dipl/o
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double
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irid/o
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iris
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kerat/o
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horny tissue, hard, cornea
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ocul/o
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eye
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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opt/o
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eye, vision
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retin/o
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retina
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scler/o
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hardening; sclera of eye
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-opia
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vision
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-opsia
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vision
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-ptosis
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prolapse, downward displacement
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acous/o
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hearing
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audi/o
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hearing
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