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67 Cards in this Set
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ankyl/o |
stiffness; bent, crooked |
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arthr/o |
joint |
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kyph/o |
humpback |
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lamino/o |
lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
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lord/o |
curve, swayback |
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myel/o |
bone marrow; spinal cord |
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orth/o |
straight |
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oste/o |
bone |
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ped/o |
foot |
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ped/i |
foot |
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scoli/o |
crooked, bent |
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thorac/o |
chest |
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acromi/o |
acromion (projection of the scapula) |
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brachi/o |
arm |
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calcane/o |
calcaneum (heel bone) |
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carp/o |
carpus (wrist bone) |
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cephal/o |
head |
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cervic/o |
neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uteris) |
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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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dactyl/o |
fingers; toes |
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femor/o |
femur (thigh bone) |
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fibul/o |
fibula (smaller bone of the lower leg) |
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humer/o |
humerus (upper arm bone) |
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ili/o |
ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone) |
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ischi/o |
ischium (lower portion of the hip bone) |
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lumb/o |
loins (lower back) |
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metacarp/o |
metacarpus (hand bones) |
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metatars/o |
metatarsus (foot bones) |
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patell/o |
patella (kneecap) |
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pelv/i |
pelvis |
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phalang/o |
phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
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pod/o |
foot |
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pub/o |
pelvis bone (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
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radi/o |
radiation, x-ray; radiation (lower arm bone on the thumb side) |
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spondyl/o |
vertebrae |
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vertebr/o |
vertebrae |
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stern/o |
sternum (breastbone) |
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tibi/o |
tibia (larger bone of the lower leg) |
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leiomy/o |
smooth muscle (visceral) |
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muscul/o |
muscle |
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my/o |
muscle |
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rhabd/o |
rod-shaped (striatied) |
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rhabdomy/o |
rod-shaped (striated) muscle |
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chondr/o |
cartilage |
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fasci/o |
band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
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fibr/o |
fiber, fibrous tissue |
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synov/o |
synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
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ten/o |
tendon |
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tend/o |
tendon |
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tendin/o |
tendon |
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-asthenia |
weakness, debility |
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-blast |
embryonic cell |
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-clasia |
to break; surgical fracture |
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-clast |
to break; surgical fracture |
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-desis |
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
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-malacia |
softening |
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-physis |
growth |
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-porosis |
porous |
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-sarcoma |
malignant tumor of connective tissue |
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-scopy |
visual examination |
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a- |
without, not |
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dys- |
bad; painful; difficult |
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sub- |
under, below |
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supra- |
above; excessive; superior |
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syn- |
union, joined together |
