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46 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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calc/o, calci/o
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calcium
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kyph/o
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humpback, hunchback, (posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
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lamin/o
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lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
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lord/o
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curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
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lumb/o
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loins, 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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crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
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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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-blast
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embryonic or 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, 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)
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carp/o
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carpals (wrist bones)
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clavicul/o
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clavicle (collar bone)
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cost/o
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ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)
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crani/o
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cranium (skull)
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femor/o
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femur (thigh bone)
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fibul/o
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fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
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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 part of pelvic bone)
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ischi/o
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ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)
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malleol/o
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malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)
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mandibul/o
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mandible (lower 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 (kneecap)
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pelv/i
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pelvis (hipbone)
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perone/o
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fibula
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phlang/o
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phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)
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pub/o
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pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
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radi/o
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radius (lower arm bone - thumb side)
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scapul/o
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scapula (shoulder blade)
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stern/o
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sternum (breastbone)
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tars/o
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tarsals (bones of the hindfoot)
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tibi/o
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tibia (shin bone)
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uln/o
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ulna (lower arm bone-little finger side
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