Chapter 14 Flashcards by Katarina Kunkle

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Clavic/o, Clavicul/o

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Clavicle (collarbone)

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Carp/o

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Carpals (wrist)

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Cost/o

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Rib

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Crani/o

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Cranium (skull)

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Femor/o

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Femur (upper leg bone)

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Fibul/o

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Fibula (lower leg bone)(perone/o is also a word root for fibula)

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Humer/o

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Humerus (upper arm bone)

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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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Lumb/o

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Loin, lumbar region of the spine

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Mandibul/o

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Mandible (lower jaw bone)

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Maxill/o

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Maxilla (upper bone)

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Patell/o

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Patella (kneecap)

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Pelvi/i, pelv/o

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Pelvic bone, pelvis

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Phalang/o

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Phalanges (any bone of the fingers or toes)

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Pub/o

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Pubis

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Rachi/o, spondyl/o, vertebr/o

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Vertebrae, spine, vertebral column

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Radi/o

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Radius (lower arm bone)

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Sacr/o

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Sacrum

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Scapul/o

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Scapula (shoulder blade)

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Stern/o

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Sternum (breastbone)

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Tars/o

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Tarsals (ankle bones)

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Tibi/o

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Tibia (lower leg bone)

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Uln/o

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Ulna (lower arm bone)

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Aponeur/o

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Aponeurosis

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Arth/o

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Joint

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Burs/o

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Bursa (cavity)

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Disk/o

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Intervertebral disk

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Menisc/ o

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Meniscus (crescent)

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Synovi/o

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Synovia, synovial membrane

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Ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

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Tendon

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Ankyl/o

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Stiff, bent

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Kinesi/o

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Movement, motion

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Kyph/o

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Hump (increased convexity of the spine)

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Lamin/o

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Lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)

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Lord/o

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Bent forward (increased concavity of the spine)

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My/o, myos/o

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Muscle

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Petr/o

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Stone

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Scoli/o

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Crooked, curved (spine)

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Inter-

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Between

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Supra-

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Above

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Sym-, syn-

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Together joined

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-clasia, -clasis, -clast

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Break

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-desis

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Surgical fixation, fusion

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-physis

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Growth

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-schisis

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Split, fissure