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71 Cards in this Set
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my/o, muscul/o |
muscle |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-rrhaphy |
suture |
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-tomy |
incision |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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-dynia, -algia |
pain |
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-pathy |
disease |
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-genesis |
formation, production |
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scler/o |
hardening, sclera |
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-osis |
abnormal condition |
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anterior |
in front of |
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posterior |
back, behind |
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tend/o, ten/o, tendin/o |
tendon |
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-tome |
instrument to cut |
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quadri- |
four |
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quadriplegia |
paralysis of all four extremities |
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hemi- |
one half |
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hemiplegia |
paralysis of half the body |
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-plegia |
paralysis |
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oste/o |
bone |
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osteoblasts |
embryonic cell that develops into bone |
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periosteum |
structure around bone |
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osteocytes |
bone cells |
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leukopoiesis |
formation or production of white blood cells |
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erythropoiesis |
formation or production of red blood cells |
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chondr/o |
cartilage |
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-cyte |
cell |
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dist/o |
far or farthest |
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proxim/o |
near or nearest |
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-malacia |
softening |
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osteomalacia |
rickets (softening of the bone) |
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calc/o |
calcium |
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-emia |
blood |
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hypo- |
under, below, deficient |
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myel/o |
bone marrow, spinal cord |
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-gram |
record |
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arthr/o |
joint |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture |
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THR |
total hip arthroplasty |
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cephal/o |
head |
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en- |
in, within |
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encephal/o |
brain |
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inter- |
between |
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cost/o |
ribs |
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sub |
under or below |
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open fracture, compound fracture |
bone pierces the skin |
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closed fracture |
bone is broken with no external wound |
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greenstick fracture |
bone is partially bent and partially broken |
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impacted fracture |
broken ends of bone segments are wedged into one another |
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spin/o |
spine |
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spondyl/o, vertebr/o |
vertebrae (backbone) |
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stern/o |
sternum |
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cervic/o |
neck |
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articulation |
a place where two bones meet |
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thorac/o |
chest |
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lumb/o |
loins (lower back) |
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sacr/o |
sacrum |
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extertional myopathy |
"Monday morning disease", "Tying up" |
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-plasia |
growth or development |
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ligament/o |
ligament |
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laminitis (founder) |
inflammation of the lamina (inner lining of the hoof) |
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sprain |
affects ligaments (connect bone to bone) |
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strain |
affects muscles and tendons (connect muscle to bone) |
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flexion |
act of bending |
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extension |
act of out-stretching |
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abduction |
away, to draw away |
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adduction |
toward |
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anesthesia |
without feeling |
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-esthesia |
able to feel |
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analgesia |
the condition of no pain |
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-algesia |
excessive sensitivity to pain, pain sense |
