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83 Cards in this Set
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum (hip socket)
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ankyl/o
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stiff
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arthr/o
articul/o |
joint
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burs/o
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bursa (sac of fluid in joints)
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calc/o
calci/o |
calcium
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calcane/o
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calcaneous (heel bone)
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carp/o
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wrist bones
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chondr/o
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cartiliage
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clavicul/o
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clavicle (collar bone)
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coccyg/o
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coccyx (tailbone)
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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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fasci/o
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fascia (tissue that seperates muscles)
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femor/o
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femur (thigh bone)
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fibr/o
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fiber
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fibul/o
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fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
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humer/o
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humerus (arm bone)
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ili/o
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ilium (large upper pelvic girdle)
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ischi/o
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ischium (lower pelvic girdle)
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kyph/o
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humpback
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lamin/o
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lamina (part of vertebra arch)
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leiomy/o
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smooth (visceral) muscle
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ligament/o
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ligament
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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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malleol/o
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malleolus (ankle)
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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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metars/o
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metatarsals (foot bones)
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my/o
myos/o |
muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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myocardi/o
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myocardium (heart muscle)
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olecran/o
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olecranon (elbow)
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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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patell/o
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patella (knee cap)
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ped/o
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child, foot
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pelv/i
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pelvis, hip region
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perone/o
fibul/o |
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
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phalang/o
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phalanges (fingers, toes)
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plant/o
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sole of foot
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pub/o
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pubis (anterior hip bone)
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radi/o
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x-ray
radius (thumbside of lower arm bone) |
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rhabdomy/o
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striated (skeletal) muscle
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rheumat/o
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watery flow
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sacr/o
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sacrum (lower vertebra above coccyx)
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scapul/o
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scapula (shoulder blade)
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scoli/o
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crooked, bent
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spondyl/o
vertebr/o |
vertebra (backbone)
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stern/o
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sternum (breastbone)
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synov/o
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synovia (sheath around tendons)
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tars/o
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tarsals (bones of hind foot)
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ten/o
tendin/o |
tendon
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thorac/o
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chest
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tibi/o
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tibia (large lower leg bone)
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uln/o
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ulna (lower arm, opposite of radius)
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verterbr/o
spondyl/o |
vertebra (backbone)
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-asthenia
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lack of strength
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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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-desis
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to bind, tie together
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-emia
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blood condition
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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
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-stenosis
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tightening, stricture
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-tome
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instrument to cut
*tomy=process of cutting |
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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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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dia-
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complete, through
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dorsi-
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back
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epi-
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above, upon, on
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exo-
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out, away from
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meta-
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change, beyond
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peri-
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surrounding
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poly-
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many, much
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sub-
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below, under
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supra-
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above, upper
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sym-
syn- |
together, with
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