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Chapter 15 Flashcards

Musculoskeletal System

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acetabul/o

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acetabulum (hip socket)

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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 (sac of fluid near joints)

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calc/o

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calcium

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calcane/o

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calcaneus (heel bone)

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calci/o

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calcium

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carp/o

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wrist bones (carpals)

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cervic/o

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neck

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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clavicul/o

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clavicle (collar bone)

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tailbone)

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cost/o

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rib

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crani/o

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skull

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fasci/o

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fascia (membrane supporting muscles)

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femor/o

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femur (thigh bone)

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fibr/o

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fiber

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fibul/o

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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 (part of hip bone)

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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 vertebral arch)

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leiomy/o

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smooth (visceral) muscle

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ligament/o

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ligament

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lord/o

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curve, swayback

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lumb/o

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lowerback, loin

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malleol/o

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malleolus

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30
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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

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metacarpals (hand bones)

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metatars/o

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metatarsals (foot bones)

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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36
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myocardi/o

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myocardium (heart muscle)

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myos/o

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muscle

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38
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olecran/o

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olecranon (elbow)

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39
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orth/o

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straight

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40
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oste/o

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bone

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41
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patell/o

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patella

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ped/o

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child, foot

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pelv/i

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pelvis, hip region

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perone/o

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fibula

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phalang/o

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phalanges (of fingers and toes)

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46
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plant/o

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sole of the foot

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pub/o

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pubis (anterior part of hip bone)

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radi/o

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radius (forearm bone - thumb side)

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rhabdomy/o

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striated (skeletal) muscle

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rheumat/o

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watery flow

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sacr/o

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sarc/o

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flesh (connective tissue)

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scapul/o

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scapula, shoulder blade

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

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spondyl/o

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vertebra (backbone)

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stern/o

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sternum (breastbone)

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synov/o

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synovial membrane

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tars/o

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tarsals, tarsus

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ten/o

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tendin/o

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thorac/o

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tibi/o

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tibia (shin bone)

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uln/o

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ulna (medial lower arm bone)

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vertebr/o

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vertebra (backbone)

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-algia

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-asthenia

A

lack of strength

67
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-blast

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embryonic, immature cell

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-clast

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-desis

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bind, tie together

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-emia

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blood condition

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-listhesis

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-malacia

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-penia

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deficiency

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-physis

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-porosis

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pore, passage, condition of pores (spaces)

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-stenosis

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tightening, stricture

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-trophy

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nourishment, development (condition of)

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

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ad-

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dia-

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complete, through

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dorsi-

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epi-

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above, upon, on

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exo-

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out, away from

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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meta-

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change, beyond

89
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peri-

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surrounding

90
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poly-

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many, much

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sub-

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under, below

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supra-

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above, upper

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sym-

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together, with

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extension

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straightening out a limb or joint

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rotation

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circular movement around an axis

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flexion

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bending a limb

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adduction

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movement toward the midline

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supination

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turning the palm up

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abduction

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movement away from the midline

100
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pronation

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turning the palm down

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dorsiflexion

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backward (upward) bending of the foot (point foot up)

102
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plantar flexion

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bending the sole of the foot downward (point foot down)

103
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rheumatoid factor test

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test for presence of an antibody found in the serum of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

104
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bone scan

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radioactive substance is injected and traced in dense, hard connective tissue

105
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muscle biopsy

A

removal of a soft connective tissue for microscopic examination

106
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arthroscopy

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visual examination of a joint

107
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acetylcholine

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chemical found in myoneural space [neurotransmitter between end of the nerve and the muscle (nerve tells muscle to contract)]

108
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calcium

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substance necessary for proper bone development

109
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arthrography

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process of taking x-ray pictures of a joint

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clavicle

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collar bone

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scapula

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shoulder blade

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sternum

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breastbone

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carpals

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patella

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