Combining Forms, Bone, Chapter Fifteen Flashcards by Addy Blacklock

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Kyph/o

A

Posterior curvature in the thoracic region

Kyphosis

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Cal/o

Calci/o

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Calcium

Hypercalcium

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Lamin/o

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Lamina; part of the vertebral arch

Laminectomy

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Lord/o

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Anterior curvature in the lumbar region

Lordosis

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Lumb/o

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Loins, lower back

Lumbar

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow

Myelopoiesis

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Orth/o

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Straight

Orthopedic

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Oste/o

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Bone

Osteitis

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Scoli/o

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Lateral curvature

Scoliosis

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Spondyl/o

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Vertebra (used to form words in relation to conditions of the structure)
Spondylosis

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Vertebr/o

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Vertebra (used to describe the structure itself)

Vertebroplasty

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Acetabul/o

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Acetabulum (hip socket)

Acetabular

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Clacane/o

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Calcaneus (heel)

Calcaneal

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Carp/o

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Carpals (wrist bones)

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Clavic/o

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Clavicle (collar bone)

Supraclavicular

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Cost/o

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Ribs (True, false, and floating)

Subcostal, chondrocostal.

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Crani/o

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Cranium (skull)

Craniotomy

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Femor/o

A

Femur (thigh bone)

Femoral

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Fibul/o

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Fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

Fibular

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Humer/o

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Humerus (upper arm bone)

Humeral

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Ili/o

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Ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone)

Iliac

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Ischi/o

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Ischium (posterior part of the pelvic bone)

Ischial

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Malleol/o

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Malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)

Malleolar

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Mandibul/o

A

Mandible (lower jawbone)

Mandibular

Maxill/o

Maxilla (upper jawbone) | Maxillary

Metacarp/o

Metacarpals (hand bones) | Metacarpectomy

Olecran/o

Olecranon (elbow) | Olecranal

Patell/o

Patella (kneecap) | Patellar

Pelv/i

Pelvis | Pelvimetry