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68 Cards in this Set
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Ankyl/o
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crooked, bent, shift
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Arthro/o
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joint
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Burs/o
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bursa sac of fluid near joint
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Calcane/o
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calcaneous, heel bone
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Cervic/o
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the neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
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Chir/o
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hand
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Chondr/o
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cartilage
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Cost/o
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rib
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Cran/o
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skull
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-desis
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surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together
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front/o
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forehead, brow
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hema, hemat/o
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blood, relating to the blood
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kyph/o
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bent, hump
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lacrim/o
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tear duct, laecrimo duct
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ment/o
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mind, chin
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ligament/o
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ligament
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lord/o
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curve, away back, bent
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-lysis
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breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
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met/a
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change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after or next
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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occipit/o
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back fo the skull, occiput
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orth/o
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straight, normal, correct
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oste/o-, oss/e-, oss/i, ost/o
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bone
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pariet/o
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wall
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peri
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surrounding, around
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-physis
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to grow
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pod/o
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foot
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-poiesis
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formation, to make
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scoli/o
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curve, bent
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sphen/o
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sphenoid bone, wedge
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spondyl/o
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vertebral, column, backbone
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synovi/o, synov/o
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synovial membrane, synovial fluid
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tempor/o
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temporal bone, temple
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ten/o, tendino/o
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tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
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vertebr/o
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vertebrae, backbone
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xiph/o, xiph/i
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sword
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zygomat/o
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cheekbone, yoke
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noun ending
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-lysis
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setting free, loosening
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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crani/o
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cranium
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cost/o
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rib
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lysis
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setting free loosening
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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desis
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surgical fixation of bone or joint
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spondyl/o
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vertebra, vertebral column
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scolio
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curved
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poietic
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pertainig to formation
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oste/o
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bone
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term that describes the shaft of a long bone is
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diaphysis
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the tarsals are the bones that make up the
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ankles
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the upper portion of the sternum is the
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clavicle
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the__________joints are movable
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pubis
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the blood vessels, nerves and ligaments pass through an opening in a bone known as a
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foramen
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the tissue that connects one bone to another bone is known as a
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ligament
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the hip socket is known as the
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acetabulum
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the bones of the fingers and toes are called
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phalanges
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a normal projetion on the surface of a bone is a
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process
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sternum
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breastbone
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zygomatic
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cheeckbone
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clavicle
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collarbone
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kneecap
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patella
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olecranon
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point of the elbow
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the surgical procedure to looses an anklyosed joint is called
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arthrolysis
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a phsician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases characterized by inflammation in the connective tissue is
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rheumatologist
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an____transplant uses bone marrow from a donor
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allogenic
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the term meaning the surgical repair of the skull is a
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cranioplasty
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the type of arthritis that is commonly known as wear and tear arthritis is
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osteoarthritis
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