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L2 CH3 WP Flashcards

Prefixes, word roots and suffixes

1
Q

Arthr/o

word roots

A

Joint

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2
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Ankyl/o

word roots

A

Crooked, bent, stiff

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3
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Burs/o

word roots

A

Bursa

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4
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Chondr/o

word roots

A

Cartilage

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5
Q

Cost/o

word roots

A

Rib

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6
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Crani/o

word roots

A

Skull

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7
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Fasci/

word roots

A

Fascia

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8
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Fibr/o

word roots

A

Fibrous tissue

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9
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Kyph/o

word roots

A

Bent, hump

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10
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Muscul/o

word roots

A

Muscle

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11
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Myel/o

word roots

A

Bone marrow, spinal cord

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12
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My/o

word roots

A

Muscle

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13
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Orth/o

word roots

A

Straight, normal

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14
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Oste/o

word roots

A

Bone

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15
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Ped/o

word roots

A

Foot

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16
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Phalang/o

word roots

A

Bones of the fingers and toes

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17
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Pod/o

word roots

18
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Scoli/o

word roots

A

Curved, bent

19
Q

Spondyl/o

word roots

A

Vertebrae, vertebral column

20
Q

Synovi/o

word roots

A

Synovial membrane or fluid

21
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Ten/o, Tendin/o

word roots

22
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Vertebr/o

word roots

23
Q

-poietic

suffix

A

pertaining to formation

24
Q

-desis

suffix

A

Fixation of a bone or joint, bind together, fuse

25
Q

-listhesis

suffix

26
Q

-lysis

suffix

A

Loosening or setting free. also means breaking down or destruction and
may indicate either a pathologic state or a therapeutic procedure.

27
Q

-plegia

suffix

28
Q

-porosis

suffix

A

Porous condition

29
Q

sacr/o

30
Q

ili

31
Q

capsul

A

little box

32
Q

ankylosing

A

progressive
stiffening of a joint or joints

33
Q

lord

A

bent backward

34
Q

por

A

small opening

35
Q

lamin

36
Q

-clasis

37
Q

-iatrist

A

specialist

38
Q

Spina

A

pertaining to the spine

39
Q

Bifida

40
Q

por

A

small opening

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