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15 Musculoskeletal System Terminology Flashcards

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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 (post curvature in thoracic region)

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lamin/o

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lamina

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lord/o

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curve, swayback (ant curvature in lumbar region)

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5
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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, 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 (osteotome)

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cost/o

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perone/o

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fibula (peroneal)

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ankyl/o

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arthr/o

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articul/o

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burs/o

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chondr/o

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ligament/o

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rheumat/o

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water flow

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ten/o, tendin/o

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-desis

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to bind, tie together (arthrodesis-binding together of a joint)

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-stenosis

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fasci/o

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fibr/o

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fibrous connective tissue

32
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leiomy/o

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smooth (visceral) muscles that lines the walls of internal organs

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my/o, myos/o

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myocardi/o

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heart muscle

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plant/o

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sole of the foot

36
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rhabdomy/o

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skeletal muscle connected to bones

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sarc/o

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muscle and flesh

38
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-asthenia

A

lack of strength

39
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-trophy

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development, nourishment

40
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ab-

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ad-

42
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dorsi-

43
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poly-

A

many, much

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