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86 Cards in this Set
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum
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-blast, blast/o
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embryonic
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calc/o, calc/i
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calcium
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calcane/o
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heel bone
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carp/o
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wrist
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-clast, -clastic
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to break
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clavicul/o
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collarbone
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coccyg/o
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coccyx
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cost/o
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ribs
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crani/o
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skull
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femor/o
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femur
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fibul/o
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fibula
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gen/o
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produce
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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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kyph/o
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humpback
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lamin/o
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lamina
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lord/o
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swayback
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lumb/o
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lower back
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malacia
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softening
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mandibul/o
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mandible
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mastoid/o
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mastoid process
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maxilla/o
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upper jaw
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metacarp/o
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hand bones
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metatars/o
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foot bones
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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olecran/o
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elbow
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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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patell/o, patell/a
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kneecap
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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phalang/o
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fingers, toes
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-physis
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growth, growing
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-porosis
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passage or pore
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pub/o
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pubis
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rach/i
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spinal column
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radi/o
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radius
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scapul/o
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shoulder blade
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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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stern/o
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sternum
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tars/o
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ankle bones
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tempor/o
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temples of the head
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vertebr/o
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vetebra
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bi-
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two
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bucc/o
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cheek
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dors/o
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back
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dys-
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bad
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electro/o
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electricity
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fasci/o
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band of fibrous tissue
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fibr/o
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fiber
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-itis
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inflammation
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leiomy/o
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smooth muscle
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my/o
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muscle
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pector/o
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pertaining to the chest
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rhabdomy/o
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striated muscle; skeletal muscle
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tri-
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three
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troph/o
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development
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IM
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intramuscular
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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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-centesis
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surgical procedure
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-desis
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binding or fusion
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-itis
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inflammation
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legament/o
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ligament
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oste/o
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bone
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-scopy
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process of viewing with an endoscope
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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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tend/o
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tendon
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abduction
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Movement of a bone away from the midline of the body
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adduction
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Movement of a bone toward the midline of the body
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circumduction
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Movement of an extremity around in a circular motion
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dorsiflexion
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Dsiflexion of the foot narrows the angle between the leg and the top of the foot; (foot is bent backward, or upward, at the ankle)
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extension
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A straightening motion; increases the angel between two bones
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flexion
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A bending motion; decreases the angle between two bones
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plantar flexion
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Plantar flexion of the foot increases the angle between the leg and the top of the foot; (foot is bent downward at the ankle with the toes pointing downward, as in toe dancing)
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pronation
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The act of turning the palm down or backward
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rotation
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Movement that involves the turning of a bone on its own axis
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supination
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The act of turning the palm up or forward
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