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Combining Form Flashcards

1
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crin

A

to secrete

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cyst/o

vesic/o

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urinary bladder

ex: cyst/o/scopy
process of visual examination of the urinary bladder.

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bi

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life

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carcin

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cancer

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cardi

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heart

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cephal

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Head

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aden

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gland

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arthr/o

articul/o

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joint

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cyt

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cell

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derm

dermat

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skin

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electr

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electricity

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encephal/o

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brain

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enter

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intestines (small)

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erythr

erythem(at) COLOR

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red

redness

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15
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glyc/o

gluc/o

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sugar

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gnos

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knowledge

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gynec

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woman/female

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hemat/hem

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blood

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hepat

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liver

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iatr

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treatment

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21
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log

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study of

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neur

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nerve

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onc

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tumor (cancerous)

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opthalm

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eye

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oste

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bone

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path

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disease

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ped

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child

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psych

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mind

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radi

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X-Rays

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ren/o

nephr/o

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kidney

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rhin

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nose

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sect/o

cis/o

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to cut

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33
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thromb

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clot, clotting

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ur

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urinary, tract, urine

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cutane

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skin

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dactyl

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fingers, toes

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duct

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to lead, carry

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flex

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to bend

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39
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gloss

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tongue

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40
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immun

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protection

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mort

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death

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nat

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birth

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norm

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rule, order

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ox

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oxygen

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pub

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pubis; anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

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seps

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infection

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47
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somn

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sleep

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son

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sound

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49
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the

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to put, place

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thel

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nipple

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51
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thyr

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thyroid, gland; shield

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top

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place, position, location

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tox

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poison

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trache

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windpipe; trachea

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urethr

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urethra

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abdomin

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abdomen

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anter

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front

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chondr

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cartilage

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coccyg

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coccyx (tailbone)

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dist

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far, distant

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dors

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back portion of body

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hist

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tissue

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inguin

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groin

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later

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side

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lumb

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lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)

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medi

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middle

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pelv

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pelvis

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poster

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back, behind

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proxim

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nearest

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sacr

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sacrum

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sarc/o

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muscle and flesh

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spin

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spine, backbone

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ventr

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belly side of the body

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viscer

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internal organs

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albin/o COLOR

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white

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caus/o

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burn, burning

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cauter/o

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heat burn

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78
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diaphor/o

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profuse sweating

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hidr/o

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sweat

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80
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ichthy/o

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dry, scaly (fish-like)

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kerat/o

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hard

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82
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melan/o COLOR

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black

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83
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myc/o

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fungus

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phyt/o

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plant

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pil/o

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hair, hair follicle

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86
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rhytid/o

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wrinkle

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87
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seb/o

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sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)

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squam/o

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scale-like

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trich/o

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hair

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90
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ungu/o

onych/o

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nail

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91
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xer/o

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dry

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92
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anthrac/o COLOR

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black (as coal)

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chlor/o COLOR

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green

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cirrh/o COLOR

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tawny yellow

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ciyan./o COLOR

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blue

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lute/o COLOR
xanth/o
jaund/o

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yellow

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poli/o COLOR

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gray

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98
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Ch. 16

Calc/o, calci/o

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Calcium

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99
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kyph/o

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humpback, hunchback

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100
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lamin/o

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lamina (part of vertebral arch)

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101
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lord/o

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curve, swayback (AC in the lumbar region)

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lumb/o

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loins; lower back

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103
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myel/o

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bone marrow

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104
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orth/o

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straight

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105
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oste/o

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bone

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106
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scoli/o

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crooked, bent (laterl curvature)

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spondyl/o, vertebr/o

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vertebra

backbone

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108
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acetabul/o

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acetabulum (hip socket)

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calcane/o

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calcaneus (heel)

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110
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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 bones)

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cost/o

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ribs (true, false, and floating ribs)

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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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114
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femor/o

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femur (thigh bone)

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115
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fibul/o

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fibula (smaller 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)

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ischi/o

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ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)

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malleol/o

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malleolus (process on each side of ankle)

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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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(foot bones)

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124
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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/o

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pelvis (hipbone)

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perone/o

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fibula

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128
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phalang/o

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phalanges (finger and/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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132
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stern/o

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sternum (breastbone)

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tars/o

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tarsals (bones of the hindfoot)

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134
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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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burs/o

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bursa

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ligament/o

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ligament

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139
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rheumat/o

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watery flow

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140
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synov/o

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synovial membrane

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141
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ten/o

tendin/o

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tendon

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142
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fasci/o

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fascia

forms sheaths enveloping muscles

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143
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leiomy/o

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smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs

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144
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my/o

myos/o

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muscle

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145
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myocardi

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heart muscle

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146
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plant/o

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sole of the foot

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147
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rhabdomy/o

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skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones

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148
Q

Ch. 10

cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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149
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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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150
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dur/o

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dura mater

151
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gli/o

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glial cells

152
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lept/o

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thin, slender

153
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mening/o

meningi/o

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membranes, meninges

154
Q

neur/o

A

nerve

155
Q

pont/o

A

pons

156
Q

radicul/o

A

nerve root (of spinal nerves)

157
Q

thalam/o

A

thalamus

158
Q

thec/o

A

sheath (refers to meninges)

159
Q

vag/o

A

vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

160
Q

alges/o

-algesia

A

sensitivity to pain

161
Q

comat/o

A

deep sleep (coma)

162
Q

esthesi/o, esthesia

A

feeling, nervous sensation

163
Q

kines/o, kinesi/o

-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinectic

A

movement

164
Q

lepsy

A

seizure

165
Q

lex/o

A

word, phrase

166
Q

-paresis

A

weakness

167
Q

-phasia

A

speech

168
Q

-plegia

A

paralysis

169
Q

-praxia

A

action

170
Q

-sthenia

A

strength

171
Q

syncop/o

A

to cut off, cut short

172
Q

tax/o

A

order, coordination

173
Q

Phago

A

To eat; swallow

174
Q

aort/o

A

aorta

175
Q

arter/o, arteri/o

A

artery

176
Q

ather/o

A

yellowish plaque, fatty substance (Greek athere means porridge)
fatty deposit

177
Q

atri/o

A

atrium, upper heart chamber

178
Q

brachi/o

A

arm

179
Q

cholesterol/o

A

cholesterol (a lipid substance)

180
Q

coron/o

A

heart; crown

181
Q

cyan/o

A

blue

182
Q

myx/o

A

mucus

183
Q

pericardi/o

A

pericardium

“around the heart”

184
Q

phleb/o
ven/o
ven/i

A

vein

185
Q

rrhythm/o

A

rhythm

186
Q

sphygm/o

A

pulse

187
Q

steth/o
thorac/o
pector/o

A

chest

188
Q

thromb/o

A

clot

189
Q

valvul/o

valv/o

A

valve

190
Q

ventricul/o

A

ventricle, lower heart chamber

191
Q

adenoid/o

A

adenoids

192
Q

alveol/o

A

alveolus, air sac

193
Q

bronch/o

bronchi/o

A

Bronchial tube

Bronchus

194
Q

bronchiol/o

A

Bronchiole, small bronchus

195
Q

capn/o

A

Carbon dioxide

196
Q

Coni/o

A

Dust

197
Q

Epiglott/o

A

Epiglottis

198
Q

Laryng/o

A

Larynx, voice box

199
Q

Lob/o

A

Lobe of the lung

200
Q

Mediastin/o

A

Mediastinum

201
Q

Nas/o

A

Nose

202
Q

Pharyng/o

A

Pharynx, throat

203
Q

Phon/o

A

Voice

204
Q

Phren/o

A

Diaphragm

205
Q

Pleur/o

A

Pleura

206
Q

Pneum/o

Pneumon/o

A

Air, lung

207
Q

Pulmon/o

A

Lung

208
Q

Sinus/o

A

Sinus, cavity

209
Q

Spir/o

A

Breathing

210
Q

Tel/o

A

Complete

211
Q

an/o

A

anus

212
Q

append/o

A

appendix

213
Q

bucc/o

A

cheek

214
Q

cec/o

A

cecum

215
Q

celi/o

A

belly, abdomen

216
Q

cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

217
Q

choledoch/o

A

common bile duct

218
Q

col/o

colon/o

A

colon

219
Q

dent/i
odont/o
acr/o

A

tooth

220
Q

duoden/o

A

duodenum

221
Q

enter/o

A

intestines, usually small intestine

222
Q

esophag/o

A

esophagus

223
Q

faci/o

A

face

224
Q

gastr/o

A

stomach

225
Q

gingiv/o

A

gums

226
Q

gloss/o

lingu/o

A

tongue

227
Q

hepat/o

A

liver

228
Q

ile/o

A

ileum

229
Q

jejun/o

A

jejunum

230
Q

labi/o

cheil/o

A

lip

231
Q

lapar/o

A

abdomen

232
Q

or/o

stomat/o

A

mouth

233
Q

palat/o

A

palate

234
Q

peritone/o

A

peritoneum

235
Q

pharyng/o

A

throat

236
Q

proct/o

A

anus and rectum

237
Q

pylor/o

A

pyloric sphincter

238
Q

rect/o

A

rectum

239
Q

sialaden/o

A

salivary gland

240
Q

sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid gland

241
Q

uvul/o

A

uvula

242
Q

amyl/o

A

starch

243
Q

bilirubin/o

A

bilirubin (bile pigment)

244
Q

chlorhydr/o

A

hydrochloric acid

245
Q

glycogen/o

A

glycogen, animal starch

246
Q

lip/o
adip/o
steat/o

A

fat, lipid

247
Q

lith/o

A

stone

248
Q

prote/o

A

protein

249
Q

py/o

A

pus

250
Q

sial/o

A

saliva, salivary

251
Q

chol/e

bil/i

A

bile/gall

252
Q

cholangi/o

A

bile vessel

253
Q

bas/o

A

base

254
Q

chrom/o

A

color

255
Q

coagul/o

A

clotting

256
Q

eosin/o

A

red, dawny, rosy

257
Q

granul/o

A

granules

258
Q

hemoglobin/o

A

hemogoblin

259
Q

is/o

A

same, equal

260
Q

kary/o

nucle/o

A

nucleus

261
Q

leuk/o

A

white

262
Q

mon/o

A

ine, single

263
Q

morph/o

A

shape, form

264
Q

nutr/o

A

neutral (neither base or acid)

265
Q

poikil/o

A

varied, irregular

266
Q

sider/o

A

iron

267
Q

spher/o

A

globe, round

268
Q

immun/o

A

protection

269
Q

lymph/o

A

lymph

270
Q

lymphaden/o

A

lymph node

271
Q

splen/o

A

spleen

272
Q

thym/o

A

thymus gland

273
Q

tox/o

A

poison

274
Q

adrenal/o

A

adrenal gland

275
Q

gonad/o

A 
sex glands
(ovaries and testes)
276
Q

pancreat/o

A

pancreas

277
Q

parathyroid/o

A

parathyroid gland

278
Q

pituitar/o

A

pituitary gland; hypophysis

279
Q

thyr/o

thyroid/o

A

thyroid gland

280
Q

andr/o

A

male

281
Q

cortic/o

A

cortex, outer region

282
Q

estr/o

A

female

283
Q

home/o

A

sameness

284
Q

hormon/o

A

hormone

285
Q

phys/o

A

growing

286
Q

somat/o

A

body

287
Q

ster/o

A

solid structure

288
Q

toc/o

A

childbirth

289
Q

toxic/o

A

poison

290
Q

ur/o

A

urine

291
Q

cali/o

calic/o

A

calyx (calix); cup-shaped

292
Q

glomerul/o

A

glomerulus

293
Q

meat/o

A

meatus

294
Q

pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

295
Q

trigon/o

A

trigone (region of the bladder)

296
Q

ureter/o

A

ureter

297
Q

urethr/o

A

urethra

298
Q

albumin/o

A

albumin (protein in the blood)

299
Q

azot/o

A

nitrogen

300
Q

bacteri/o

A

bacteria

301
Q

dips/o

A

thirst

302
Q

kal/o

A

potassium

303
Q

ket/o

keton/o

A

ketone bodies

304
Q

natr/o

A

sodium

305
Q

noct/o

A

night

306
Q

olig/o

A

scanty

307
Q

balan/o

A

glans penis

308
Q

cry/o

A

cold

309
Q

crypt/o

A

hidden

310
Q

epididym/o

A

epididymis

311
Q

gon/o

A

seed

312
Q

hydro/o

A

water, fluid

313
Q

orch/o
orchi/o
orchid/o
test/o

A

testis, testicle

314
Q

pen/o

A

penis

315
Q

prostat/o

A

prostate gland

316
Q

semin/i

A

semen, seed

317
Q

sperm/o

spermat/o

A

spermatozoa

semen

318
Q

terat/o

A

monster

319
Q

varic/o

A

varicose veins

320
Q

vas/o

angi/o

A

vessel, duct; vas deferens

321
Q

zo/o

A

animal life

322
Q

amni/o

A

amnion

323
Q

bartholin/o

A

bartholin gland

324
Q

cervic/o

A

cervix, neck

325
Q

chori/o

chorion/o

A

chorion

326
Q

colp/o

vagin/o

A

vagina

327
Q

culd/o

A

cul-de-sac

328
Q

episi/o

vulv/o

A

vulva

perineum

329
Q

lact/o

galact/o

A

milk

330
Q

hyster/o

A

uterus, womb

331
Q

mamm/o

mast/o

A

breast

332
Q

men/o

A

menses, menstruation

333
Q

metr/o
metri/o
uter/o

A

uterus

334
Q

myom/o

A

muscle tumor

335
Q

nat/i

A

birth

336
Q

obstetr/o

A

preganancy and child birth

337
Q

o/o
ov/o
ovul/o

A

egg

338
Q

oophor/o

ovari/o

A

ovary

339
Q

perine/o

A

perineum

340
Q

phor/o

A

to bear

341
Q

salping/o

A

fallopion tubes

342
Q

aque/o

A

water

343
Q

blephar/o

palpebr/o

A

eyelid

344
Q

conjunctiv/o

A

conjunctiva

345
Q

cor/o

pupill/o

A

pupil

346
Q

corne/o

kerat/o

A

cornea

347
Q

cycl/o

A

ciliary body or muscle of the eye

348
Q

dacry/o

lacrim/o

A

tears, tear duct

349
Q

ir/o

irid/o

A

iris

350
Q

ocul/o

ophthalm/o

A

eye

351
Q

opt/o

optic/o

A

eye, vision

352
Q

phac/o

phak/o

A

lens of the eye

353
Q

papill/o

A

optic disc; nipple-like

354
Q

retin/o

A

retina

355
Q

scler/o

A

sclera (white of the eye); hard

356
Q

uve/o

A

uvea; vascular layer of the eye

357
Q

vitre/o

A

glassy

358
Q

ambly/o

A

dull, dim

359
Q

dipl/o

A

double

360
Q

glauc/o

A

gray

361
Q

mi/o

A

smaller, less

362
Q

mydr/o

A

widen, enlarge

363
Q

phot/o

A

light

364
Q

presby/o

A

old age

365
Q

scot/o

A

darkness

366
Q

acous/o
audi/o
audit/o

A

hearing

367
Q

aur/o
auricul/o
ot/o

A

ear

368
Q

cochle/o

A

cochlea

369
Q

mastoid/o

A

mastoid process

370
Q

myring/o

tympan/o

A

eardrum. tympanic membrane

371
Q

ossicul/o

A

ossicle

372
Q

salping/o

pertaining to ear

A

auditory or eustachian tube

373
Q

staped/o

A

stapes

374
Q

vestibul/o

A

vestibule

Medical Terminology (17 decks)

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