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71 Cards in this Set
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calc/o
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calcium
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calci/o
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calcium
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kyph/o
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humpback
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lamin/o
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lamina (part of vertabral arch)
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lord/o
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curve, swayback
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lumb/o
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loins, lower back
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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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scoli/o
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crooked, bent
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spondyl/o
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vertebra
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vertebr/o
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vertebra
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-clast
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to break
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-lithesis
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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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pore, passage
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum (hip socket)
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calcane/o
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calcaneus (heel bone)
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carp/o
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carpals (wrist bones)
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clavicul/o
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clavicle
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cost/o
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ribs
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crani/o
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cranium, skull
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femor/o
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femur
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fibul/a
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fibula
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humer/o
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humerus
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ili/o
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ilium
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ischi/o
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ischium
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malleol/o
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malleolus (process onf each side of ankle)
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mandibul/o
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mandible, 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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metatars/o
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metatarsals (foot bones)
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olecran/o
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olecranon elbow
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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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perone/o
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fibula
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phalang/o
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phalanges (fingers and/or toes)
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pub/o
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pubis
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radi/o
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radius
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scapul/o
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scapula
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stern/o
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sternum
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tars/o
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tarsals (foot bones
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tibi/o
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tibia
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uln/o
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ulna
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ankyl/o
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stiff
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arthr/o
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joint
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articul/o
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joint
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burs/o
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bursa
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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ligament/o
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ligament
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rheumat/o
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watery flow
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synov/o
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synovial membrane
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ten/o
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tendon
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tendin/o
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tendon
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-desis
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to bind, tie together
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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fasci/o
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fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles)
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fibr/o
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fibrous connective tissue
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leiomy/o
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smooth muscle (viceral) - lines internal organs
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my/o
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muscle
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myocardi/o
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heart muscle
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myos/o
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muscle
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plant/o
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sole of foot
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rhabdomy/o
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skeletal muscles (striated) - muscles connected to bone
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-asthenia
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lack of strength
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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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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dorsi-
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back
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poly-
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many, much
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