Chapter 15- Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
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Kyph/o
A
Humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature I’m the thoracic region)
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Calc/o
Calci/o
A
Calcium
2
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Lamin/o
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Lamina ( part of the vertebral arch)
3
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Lord/o
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Curve, swayback ( anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
4
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Lomb/o
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Loins, lower back
5
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Myel/o
A
Bone marrow
6
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Orth/o
A
Straight
7
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Oste/o
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Bone
8
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Scoli/o
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Crooked, bent ( lateral curvature)
9
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Spondyl/o
A
Vertebra
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Vertebr/o
A
Vertebra
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-blast
A
Immature, embryonic
12
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-clast
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To break
13
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-listhesis
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Slipping
14
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-malacia
A
Softening
15
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-physis
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To grow
16
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-porosis
A
Pore, passage
17
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-tome
A
Instrument to cut
18
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Acetabul/o
A
Acetabulum ( hip socket)
19
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Calcane/o
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Calcaneus (heel)
20
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Carp/o
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Carpals (wrist bones)
21
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Clavicul/o
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Clavicle (collar bone)
22
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Cost/o
A
Ribs ( true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)
23
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Crani/o
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Cranium (skull)