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28 Cards in this Set
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abdomino/o
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abdomen
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crani/o
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cranium
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thorac/o
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thorax
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abdominopelvic
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adjective meaning abdomen and pelvis; adjective used to describe one of the body subcavities
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angiography
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x ray of vessels
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angioid
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resembling blood vessels
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angioplasty
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surgical repair effected by opening a clogged blood vessel by means of balloon dilation
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anterior
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toward the front of the body; can be a noun or an adjective
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ventral
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adjective meaning toward the front and away from the back of the body
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cranial
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adjectival form of cranium or skull
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craniopathy
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abnormal condition of any of the cranial bones
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craniotomy
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incision into the cranium
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distal
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away from the attachment point to the body
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dorsal
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adjective meaning the back
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inferior
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below or in the direction away from the cranium
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integumentary
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adjective form of integument, meaning the covering of the body
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lateral
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adjective meaning away fron the middle of and toward the side of the body
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medial
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toward the midline of the body
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myalgia
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muscle pain
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myocele
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protrusion of myscle tissue throught surrounding tissue
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pneumatocele
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protrusion of lung tissue through the chest wall
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pneumonopexy
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fixation of two layers of the lungs
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posterior
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toward the back of the body
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proximal
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toward the point of fixation to the body
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superior
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above; toward the cranium
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thoracic
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adjective for chest area
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ventral
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toward the front of the body
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visceromegaly
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abnormal enlargement of an organ
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