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1
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calc/o, calci/o

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calcium—decalcification

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de–

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less or lack of

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–fication

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the process of making

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kyph/o

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humpback, hunchback==posterior curvature in the thoracic region

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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 in the lumbar region

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lumb/o

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loins, lower back—lumbar, lumbosacral

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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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crook, bent—lateral curvature

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spondyl/o (used to make words about conditions of the structure

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vertebra—spondylosis=degeneration of the intervertebral disks in the cervical, thoracic, and lumar regions, include pain and restriction of movement

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vertebr/o (used to describe the structure itself)

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vertebra—vertebroplasty

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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—osteoporosis

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-tome

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instrument to cut—osteotome=this surgical chisel is designed to cut bone

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acetabul/o

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acetabulum=hip socket

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calcane/o

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calcaneu=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=collar bone–supraclavicular

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cost/o

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ribs=true ribs,false ribs,and floating ribs. chondrocostal=cartilage that is attached to the ribs

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crani/o

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cranium=skull—craniotomy

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femor/o

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femur=thigh bone

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fibul/o

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fibula=smaller lower leg bone

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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=upper part of pelvic bone —iliac

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ischi/o

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ischium==posterior part of pelvic bone–ischial

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malleo/o

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malleolus=process on each side of the ankle

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malleolar

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the mecial malleolus is at the distal end of the tibia, and the lateral malleolus is at the distal end of the fibula

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mandibul/o

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mandible=lower jawbone

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maxill/o

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maxilla=upper jawbone

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metacarp/o

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metacarpals=hand bones

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metatars/o

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metatarals=foot bones—metatarsalgia

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olecran/o

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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==hipbone—-pelvimetry

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perone/o

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fibula

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phalang/o

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phalanges==finger or toe bones

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pub/o

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pubis==anterior part of the pelvic bone

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radi/o

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radius==forearm bone—thumb side

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scapul/o

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scapula =shoulder blade

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stern/o

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sternum=shoulder blade

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tars/o

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tarsals=bones of the hindfoot

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tibi/o

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tibia=shin bone

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uln/o

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ulna=forearm bone–little finger side

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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

60
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-desis

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to bind,tie together

61
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-stenosis

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narrowing

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