Chapter 15 Roots Flashcards by kassi Dindinger

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Kyph/o

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Humpback, hunchback

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Calc/o, calci/o

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Calcium

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Lamin/o

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Lamina

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Lord/o

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Curve, swayback

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Lumb/o

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Loins, lower back

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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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Crooked, bent

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Spondyl/o

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Vertebra (conditions)

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Vertebr/o

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Vertebra (structure)

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Acetabul/o

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Acetabulum (hip socket)

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Calcane/o

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Calcaneous (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)

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Cost/o

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Ribs

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Crani/o

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Cranium (skull)

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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 pelvic bone)

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Ischi/o

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Ischium (posterior pelvic bone)

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Malleol/o

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Malleolus

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Mandibul/o

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Mandible

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Maxill/o

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Maxilla (upper jawbone)

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Metacarp/o

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Metacarpals

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Metatars/o

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Metatarsals

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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

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Perone/o

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Fibula

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Phalang/o

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Phalanges

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Pub/o

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Pubis

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Radi/o

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Radius

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Scapul/o

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Scapula (shoulder bone)

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Stern/o

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Sternum

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Tars/o

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Tarsals

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Tibi/o

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Tibia

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Uln/o

A

Ulna

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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

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Fasci/o

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Fascia (sheaths enveloping muscles)

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Fibr/o

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Fibrous connective tissue

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Leiomy/o

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Smooth muscle that lines organ walls

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My/o

A

Muscle

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Myocardi/o

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Heart 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

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Skeletal muscle connected to bones

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Sarc/o

A

Muscle and flesh