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66 Cards in this Set
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ankyl/o
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stiffness/bent
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ankylosis
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abnormal condition immobility and stiffness of a joint
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kyph/o
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hill/mountain
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kyphosis
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abnormal condition of humpback posture
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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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lordosis
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sway back posture
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myel/o
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bone marrow/spinal cord
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myelopathy
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disease of spinal cord
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orth/o
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straight
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orthopedist
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specialist who studies treatment of musculoskeletal disorders
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ped/o ; ped/i
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foot
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scoli/o
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crooked/bent
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acromi/o
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acromion (projection of scapula)
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braci/o
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arm
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calcane/o
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calcaneum (heel bone)
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carp/o
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carpus (wrist bone)
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carpoptosis
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wrist drop (ptosis is prolape or downward displacement)
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cervic/o
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neck/cervix
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cephalad
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towards the head (ad = towards
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cost/o
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ribs
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dactyl/o
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fingers/toes
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fibul/o
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fibula
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fibulocacaneal
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pertaining to fibula and calcaneus
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humer/o
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humerous (upper arm)
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ili/o
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ilium (flaring portion of hip bone)
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iliopelvic
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concering iliac area of the pelvis
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ishci/o
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ischium (lower portion of hip bone)
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lumb/o
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lower back/loins
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metacarp/o
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metacarpus/hand bone
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metatars/o
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metatarsus (foot bone)
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patell/o
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patella (knee cap)
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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pod/o
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foot
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phalang/o
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phalanges/ bones of fingers and toes
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pub/o
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pelvis bone (anterior part of pelvic bone
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pubococcygeal
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pertaining to the pubic bone and coccyx
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radi/o
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radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)
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spondyl/o
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(vertebrae), used to make words about conditions of a structure. Spondylitis is inflammation of vertebrae
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vertebr/o
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vertebrae, used to make words that describe structure of anatomy
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stern/o
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sternum
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sternad
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towards the sternum
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tibi/o
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tibia (larger bone of lower leg)
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leiomy/o
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smooth muscle
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rhabd/o
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rod shaped (striated)
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rhadbdoid
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resembling a rod
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rhabdomy/o
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rod shaped muscle
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rhabdomyoma
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tumer composed of striated muscular tissue
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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fasci/o
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band/fascia (fibrous membrase supporting/separating muscles)
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fascioplasty
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surgical repair of fasica
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fibr/o
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fiber/fibrous tissue
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synov/o
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synovial membrane/fluid
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ten/o ; tend/o ' tendin/o
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tendon
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-asthenia
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weakness/debility
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myasthenia
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muscle weakness/abnormal fatigue
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-blast
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embyronic cell
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-clasia
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to break
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-clast
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to break/surgically fracture
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osteoclasia
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surgical fracture of a bone
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osteoclast
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device used to fracture bone
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-desis
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binding of joint
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-physis
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growth
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-porosis
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porous
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-syn
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union/together/joined
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