CH 15: Combining form Flashcards by Albulena Ajeti | Brainscape

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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

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lamin/o

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lamina (part of the vertebral arch)

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lord/o

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curve, swayback (anterior curvature of lumbar region)

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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

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vertebra

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vertebr/o

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vertebra

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acetabul/o

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acetabulum (hip scoket)

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calcane/o

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calcaneus (heel)

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carp/o

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carpals (wrist bones)

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clavicul/o

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clavicle

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cost/o

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ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)

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crani/o

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cranium

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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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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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malleol/o

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malleolus

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mandibul/o

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mandible

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maxill/o

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maxilla

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metacarp/o

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metacarpals

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metatars/o

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metatarsals (foot bones)

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olecran/o

A

olecranon (elbow)

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patell/o

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patella (kneecap)

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pelv/i

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pelvis (hip bone)

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perone/o

A

fibula

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phalang/o

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phalanges (fingers and oe bones)

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pub/o

A

pubis

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radi/o

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radius (forearm bone)

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scapul/o

A

scapula

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stern/o

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sternum

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tars/o

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tarsals (bones of the handoff)

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tibi/o

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tibia (shin bone)

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uln/o

A

ulna (forearm bone)

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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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chondr/o

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cartilage

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ligament/o

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ligament

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rheumat/o

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watery flow

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synov/o

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synovial membrane

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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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fasci/o

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fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles)

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fibr/o

A

fibrous CT

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leiomy/o

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

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my/o

A

muscle

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myocardi/o

A

heart muscle

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myos/o

A

muscle

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plan/o

A

sole of the foot

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rhabdomy/o

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skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones

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sarc/o

A

muscle and flesh