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73 Cards in this Set
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Fasci/o |
Fascia |
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Fibr/o |
Fibrous connective tissue |
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Leiomy/o |
Smooth(viseral) 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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Plant/o |
Sole of the foot |
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Rhabdomy/o |
Skeletal muscle connected to bones |
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Sarc/o |
Muscle and flesh |
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-asthenia |
Lack of strength |
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-trophy |
Development, nourishment |
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Ab- |
Away from |
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Ad- |
Toward |
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Dorsi- |
Back |
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Poly- |
Many, much |
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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 |
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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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-desis |
To bind, tie together |
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-stenosis |
Narrowing |
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Calc/o |
Calcium |
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Calci/o |
Calcium |
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Kyph/o |
Humpback, hunchback |
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Lamin/o |
Lamina |
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Lord/o |
Curve, swayback |
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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 |
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Spondyl/o |
Vertebra(condition of the structure) |
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Vertebr/o |
Vertebra(structure itself) |
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-blast |
Embryonic or immature cell |
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-clast |
To break |
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-listhesis |
Slipping |
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-malacia |
Softening |
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-physis |
To grow |
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-porosis |
Pore, passage |
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-tome |
Instrument to cut |
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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 |
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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 jawbone) |
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Maxill/o |
Maxilla(upper jawbone) |
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Metatcaps/o |
Metacarpals( 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/i |
Pelvis ( hip bone) |
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Perone/o |
Fibula |
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Phalang/o |
Phalanges |
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Pub/o |
Pubis(anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
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Radi/o |
Radius(forearm bone) |
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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) |