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87 Cards in this Set
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bas/o |
Base (alkaline, the opposite of acid) |
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chrom/o |
Color |
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coagul/o |
Clotting |
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cyt/o |
Cell |
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eosin/o |
Red, dawn, rosy |
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erythr/o |
Red |
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hem/o |
Blood |
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hemat/o |
Blood |
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hemoglobin/o |
Hemoglobin |
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is/o |
Same, equal |
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kary/o |
Nucleus |
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leuk/o |
White |
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mon/o |
One, single |
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morph/o |
Shape, form |
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myel/o |
Bone marrow |
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neutr/o |
Neutral (neither base nor acid) |
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nucle/o |
Nucleus |
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phag/o |
Eat, swallow |
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poikil/o |
Varied, irregular |
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sider/o |
Iron |
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spher/o |
Globe, round |
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thromb/o |
Clot |
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immun/o |
Protection |
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lymph/o |
Lymph |
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lymphaden/o |
Lymph node (gland) |
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splen/o |
Spleen |
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thym/o |
Thymus gland |
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tox/o |
Poison |
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auxill/o |
Armpit |
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calc/o calci/o |
Calcium |
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kyph/o |
Humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region) |
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lamin/o |
Lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
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lord/o |
Curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region) |
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lumb/o |
Loins, lower back |
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myel/o |
Bone marrow |
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orth/o |
Straight |
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oste/o |
Bone |
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scoli/o |
Crooked, bent (lateral curvature) |
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spondyl/o
(Used to make words about conditions of the structure) |
Vertebra |
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verebr/o (Used to describe the structure itself) |
Vertebra |
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acetabul/o |
Acetabulum (hip socket) |
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calcane/o |
Calcaneus (heel) |
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carp/o |
Carpals (wrist bones) |
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clavicul/o |
Clavicle (collar bone) |
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cost/o |
Ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs) |
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crani/o |
Cranium (skull) |
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femor/o |
Femur (thigh bone) |
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fibul/o |
Fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
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humer/o |
Humerus (upper arm bone) |
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ili/o |
ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
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ischi/o |
ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone) |
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malleol/o |
Malleolus (process on each side of the ankle) |
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mandibul/o |
Mandible (lower jaw bone) |
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maxill/o |
Maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
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metacarp/o |
Metecarpals (hand bones) |
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metatars/o |
Metatarsals (foot bones) |
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olecran/o |
Olecranon (elbow) |
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patell/o |
Patella (kneecap) |
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pelv/o |
Pelvis (hipbone) |
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perone/o |
Fibula |
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phalang/o |
Phalanges (finger and or toe bones) |
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pub/o |
Pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
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radi/o |
Radius (forearm bone- thumb side) |
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scapul/o |
Scapula (shoulder blade) |
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stern/o |
Sternum (breastbone) |
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tars/o |
Tarsals (bones of the hindfoot) |
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tibi/o |
Tibia (shin bone) |
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uln/o |
Ulna (forearm bone - little finger side) |
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ankyl/o |
Stiff |
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arthr/o |
Joint |
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articul/o |
Joint |
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burs/o |
Bursa (A closed, fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body.) |
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chondr/o |
Cartilage |
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ligament/o |
Ligament |
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rheumat/o |
Watery flow |
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synov/o |
Synovial membrane |
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ten/o |
Tendon |
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tendin/o |
Tendon |
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fasci/o |
Fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles) |
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fibr/o |
Fibrous connective tissue |
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leiomy/o |
Smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
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my/o |
Muscle |
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myocardi/o |
Heart muscle |
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myos/o |
Muscle |
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plant/o |
Sole of the foot |
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rhabdomy/o |
Skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
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sarc/o |
Flesh and muscle |
