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78 Cards in this Set
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calc/o
calci/0 |
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 vertebral arch)
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lord/0
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curve
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lumb/o
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lower back
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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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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bent
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spondyl/o
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vertebra
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vertebr/0
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vertebra
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-blast
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immature cell
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-clast
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to break
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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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pore
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-tome
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instrument used 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)
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carp/o
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carpals (wrist)
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clavicul/o
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clavicle (collar bone)
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cost/o
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rib
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cran/o
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cranium (skull)
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femor/o
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femur (thigh)
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fibul/o
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fibula (ouside of lower leg)
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humer/o
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humerus (upper arm bone)
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ili/o
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ilium (upper pelvis)
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ischi/o
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ischium (back of pelvis)
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malleol/o
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malleolus (side of ankle)
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maxill/o
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maxilla (upper jaw)
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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 (knee cap)
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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perone/o
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fibula (outside of lower leg)
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pub/o
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pubis (front of pelvis)
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radi/o
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radius (thumb side, lower arm)
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scapul/o
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scapula (shoulder)
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stern/o
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sternum (breast bone)
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tars/o
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tarsals (hind feet)
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tibi/o
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tibia (big toe side lower leg)
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uln/o
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ulna (lower arm bone, pinky side)
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ethm/o
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sieve
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sphen/o
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wedge
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styl/o
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stake or pole
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mast/o
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breast
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lacrim/o
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tear
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de-
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lack of, less
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-fication
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process of making
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-ostosis
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condition of bone
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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 (sac of fluid outside of joint)
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chondro/o
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cartilage
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ligament/o
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ligament (binds bone to bone)
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rheumat/o
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watery flow
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synov/o
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synovial membrane (lines the synovial cavity b/t bones)
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ten/o
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tendon (connects muscle to bone)
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tendin/o
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tendon (connects muscle to bone)
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-desis
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to bind
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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fasci/o
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fascia (forms sheath over muscle)
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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 lining wall of internal organs
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my/o
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muslce
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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 the foot
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rhabdomy/o
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skeletal muscle connected to bones
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-asthenia
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lack of strength
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-trophy
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development
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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
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