chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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acr/o

A

extremities (arms and legs)

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2
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ankyl/o

A

(abnormal) crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

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3
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arth/o

A

joint

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4
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brachi/o

A

arm

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5
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burs/o

A

bursa (sack of fluid near joint)

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6
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carp/o

A

wrist

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7
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cervic/o

A

neck; head of the uterus

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8
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chir/o

A

hand

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9
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chrondr/o

A

cartilage

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10
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cost/o

A

rib

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11
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crani/o

A

skull

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12
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kyph/o

A

hunchback

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13
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lord/o

A

curve;swayback

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14
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lumb/o

A

lumbar region; loin

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15
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lux/o

A

slide; normal and abnormal

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16
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myel/o

A

bone marrow

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17
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narc/o

A

numbness, sleep, stupor; disoriented

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18
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othr/o

A

straight

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19
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oste/o

A

bone

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20
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ped/o

A

child

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21
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pod/o

A

foot

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22
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pyret/o

A

fever

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23
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rachi/o

A

spine; vertebra

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24
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rheumat/o

A

watery flow

25
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sacr/o

A

sacrum

26
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sarc/o

A

flesh; connective tissue

27
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scoli/o

A

(spine) crooked; bent

28
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spondyl/o

A

vertebra; backbone

29
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ster/o

A

solid structure; steroid

30
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synovi/o

A

lubricating fluid in the joints

31
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tars/o

A

ankle

32
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ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

A

tendon

33
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a-, an-

A

not; without

34
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anti-

A

against

35
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inter-

A

between

36
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intra-

A

within; into

37
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meta-

A

change; beyond

38
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non-

A

not

39
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peri-

A

around; surrounding

40
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sub-

A

below; under

41
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supra-

A

above

42
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syn-

A

together; with

43
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-al, -ic

A

pertaining to

44
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-algia

A

pain

45
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-ation

A

process; condition

46
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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to drain fluid

47
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-desis

A

to bind; tie together

48
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-ectomy

A

surgical removal; excision

49
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-itis

A

inflammation

50
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-malacia

A

softening

51
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-oid

A

like; resembling

52
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-oma

A

tumor; mass

53
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-osis

A

abnormal condition

54
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-penia

A

deficiency

55
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-plasty

A

surgical repair

56
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-porosis

A

abnormal condition of small holes

57
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-scope

A

instrument used to view

58
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-scopy

A

visual examination using a scope

59
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-tomy

A

process of cutting; incision