Chapter 15 Flashcards by cyndi bird

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calc / o calci / o

A

calcium

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kyph / o

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humpback or hunchback

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lamin / o

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lamina

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lord / o

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curve or swayback anterior

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lumb / o

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loins or low back (lumbar)

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myel / o

A

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

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spondyl / o

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vertebra (used to make words about the conditions)

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vertebr / o

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vertebra (used to describe the structure)

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-blast

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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

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acetabul /o

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acetabulum (hip socket)

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calcane / o

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calcaneus (heal)

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clavicul / o

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clavicle

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cost / o

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ribs

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crani / o

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skull

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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 (process on each side of the ankle)

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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 jaw bone)

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metacarp / o

A

metacarpals

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metatars / o

A

metatarsals

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olecran / o

A

olecranon (elbow)

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patell / o

A

patella

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pelv / o

A

pelvis

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phalang / o

A

phalanges

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pub / o

A

pubis

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radi / o

A

radius (forearm thumb side)

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scapul / o

A

scapula

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stern / o

A

sternum

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tars / o

A

tarsals

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tibi / o

A

tibia

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uln / o

A

ulna (forearm little finger side)

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ankyl / o

A

stiff

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arthr / o

A

joint

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articlu / o

A

joint

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burs / o

A

bursa

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chondr / o

A

cartilage

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ligament / o

A

ligament

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rheumat / o

A

watery flow

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synov / o

A

synovial

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tendin / o

A

tendon

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-desis

A

to bind together

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-stenosis

A

narrowing

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fasci / o

A

fascia

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fibr / o

A

fibrous connective tissue

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leiomy / o

A

smooth visceral muscle that lines the organs

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my / o

A

muscle

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myocardi / o

A

cardiac muscle

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myos / o

A

muscle

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plant / o

A

sole of the foot

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rhabdomy / o

A

skeletal muscle

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sarc / o

A

muscle and flesh

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-asthenia

A

lack of strength

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-trophy

A

development or nourishment

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ab-

A

away from

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ad-

A

toward

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dorsi-

A

back

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poly-

A

many