ch. 7 Flashcards
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oste/o
A
bone
2
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oss/o, oose/o
A
bone
3
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jug/o, junctur/o
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joint, a joining
4
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articul/o
A
join, to join, to speak clearly
5
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arthr/o
A
joint
6
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ligat/o, ligament/o
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to bind, tie, ligament
7
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desm/o
A
ligament, band, bond
8
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cartilag/o
A
cartilage (connective tissue)
9
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
10
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menisc/o
A
meniscus, crescent
11
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synovi/o, synov/o
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synovial (type of joint) fluid
12
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capsul/o, caps/o
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capsule
13
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burs/o
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bursa, bag, pouch
14
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fasci/o
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fascia (band of tissue surrounding the muscle)
15
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muscul/o
A
muscle, mouse
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my/o, myos/o, mys/o
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muscle, mouse
17
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tendin/o
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tendon (strong flexible tissue), connects muscles to bones
18
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ten/o, tenont/o
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tendon
19
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myel/o
A
bene marrow, spinal cord
20
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medull/o
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bone marrow, innermost part of an organ
21
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spin/o
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spine, thorn, vertebral column
22
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rach/o
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vertebral column, spinal cord
23
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phsyi/o, -physis
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nature, natural function, growth, growth plate
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phyt/o, -phyte
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a growth, plant
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-phyma
a growth, tumor
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capit/o
head, head of a long bone
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coll/o
neck, neck of a long bone
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corpor/o
body
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foramin/o
a hole or passageway in a bone (foramen)
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lamin/o
plate (lamina)
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condyl/o
rounded protuberance at the ends of bones
32
styl/o, -style
column0shaped, bone, pillar
33
tuber/o
an elevated process of bone, tubercle, nodule, swelling
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tubercul/o
small eminence on long bone, a nodule, small swelling
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crist/o
crest, ridge
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foss/o
a shallow depression, something dug, ditch
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sulc/o
a groove, furrow
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incisur/o
notch, indentation, incision
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skelet/o
skeleton
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crani/o
cranium (portion of the skull that encloses the brain)
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maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw)
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mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw)
43
vertebr/o
vertebra, back bone
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spondyl/o
vertebra
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cervic/o
neck, cervical spine
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thorac/o
thorax, chest, chest cavity
47
lumb/o
loin, lumbar
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sacr/o
sacrum bone (bone at the base of the spine), sacred
49
coccyg/o, coccy/o
coccyx, tailbone
50
cost/o
rib
51
stern/o
sternum, breastbone
52
xiph/o
xiphoid process (projection at the inferior end of the sternum, sword like)
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scapul/o
scapula, shoulder blade
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om/o
shoulder
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clavicul/o, clavic/o
clavicle, collar bone
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cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
57
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
58
radi/o
radius bone (bone of the forearm), radioactive, ray
59
uln/o
ulna (lower arm bone)
60
carp/o
wrist, carpal bones
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metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
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phalang/o
phalanx (bones of fingers or toes)
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dactyl/o
finger
64
ili/o
ilium (bone of the pelvis)
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ischi/o
ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)
66
pub/o
pubic bone, adult, puberty
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femor/o
femur bone, thigh
68
patell/o
patella bone (kneecap)
69
gony/o
knee
70
tibi/o
tibia bone (larger bone of the lower leg)
71
cnem/o
leg
72
fibul/o
fibula bone (bone of the lower leg)
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perone/o
fibula bone (lower leg bone)
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astragal/o
talus bone (ankle bone)
75
tal/o
talus bone, ankle
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calcane/o
heel bone
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ptern/o
heel
78
scaph/o
scaphoid, shaped like the hull of a boat
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metatrs/o
fot bones (metatarsus bone)
80
rhabd/o
striated, rod shaped
81
lei/o
smooth
82
sarc/o
flesh, muscle
83
mer/o, -mer, -mere
part, partial
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lemm/o, -lemma
membrane, husk, sheath like structure
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fibr/o, fibrill/o
fiber, muscle fiber
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fascicul/o
a small bundle of rod like structures
87
ton/o
tension, tone
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capit/o, cipit/o, -ciput, -ceps
head, origin of a muscle
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ventr/o
belly (of a muscle), cavity, abdomen
90
duc/o, duct/o
to lead, convey
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abduct/o
to lead or convey away (midline)
92
adduct/o
to lead or convey toward (midline)
93
rot/o, rotat/o
to turn around
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flex/o, -flex
to bend, flex
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extens/o
to stretch out, straighten, extends
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pron/o, pronat/o
face down, lying prone
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supin/o, supinat/o
face up, lying supine
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dilat/o
to spread out
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sphincter/o
to bind/construct, ringlike muscle of an orifice
100
pon/o, pos/o, posit/o
to place, put
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oppon/o, oppos/o
to pplace opposite
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press/o
to press
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depress/o
to press down
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levat/o
to life, raise
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rect/o
straight, correct
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erect/o, arrect/o
to lift up
107
malac/o, -malacia
soft, softening
108
orth/o
straight, correct, normal, upright
109
ped/o, -pedia
child/education in (blank)
110
frang/o, fract/o
break, broken
111
-rhexis
a rupture
112
lux/o
dislocated
113
por/o
passage, pore
114
-penia
decrease, deficiency
115
crepit/o
creak, crackle
116
-agra
gout, attack of severe pain
117
rehum/o, rheumat/o
flow, discharge, rheumatoid, arthritis
118
ankly/o
stiff, fused, crooked
119
sequestr/o
fragment of bone/tissue
120
talip/o
deformity of foot or ankle
121
plan/o
flat
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cav/o
hollow
123
vag/o
bent outward
124
var/o
bent inward
125
kyph/o
bent forward
126
lord/o
bent backward
127
lev/o
left
128
dextr/o
right
129
scoli/o
bent sideways/crooked
130
tors/o, tort/o
twist, turn
131
-olisthesis
slipping
132
bifid/o
split in two
133
schiz/o, -schisis
split/cleft
134
spasm/o
spasm
135
tract/o
to draw, pull
136
campt/o, campyl/o
bent, curved
137
-campsia, -campsis
bent/curved
