Lesson 2: Chapter 1 Flashcards by Elspeth Taylor

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Ankyl/o

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Crooked, bent, stiff

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Arthr/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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Cost/o

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Rib

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Crani/o

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Skull

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Fasci

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Fascia

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Fibr/o

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Fibrous Tissue

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Kines/o, Kinssi/o

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Movement

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Kyph/o

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Bent, hump

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Lord/o

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Curve

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Lumb/o

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Lumbar, lower back

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Muscul/o

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Muscle

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow, spinal cord

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My/o

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Muscle

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Orth/o

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Strait, normal

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Ped/o

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Foot

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Phalang/o

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Bones of the fingers and toes

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Pod/o

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Foot

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Radicul/o

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Nerve or root

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Scoli/o

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Curved or bent

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Spondyl/o

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Vertebrae, vertebral column

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Synovi/o

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Synovial membrane or fluid

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Ten/o, Tendin/o

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Tendon

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Vertebr/o

A

Vertebra

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-desis

A

Fixation of a bone or joint, bind together, fuse

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-ectomy

A

Surgical excision (removal)

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-listhesis

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Slipping

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-lysis

A

Loosening or setting free

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-oma

A

Tumor

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-necrosis

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Tissue death

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-osis

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Condition

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-porosis

A

Porous condition

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-rrhaphy

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Surgical suturing

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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-tomy

A

Cutting into the organ or area

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-ium / -ia

A

Abnormal condition, disease

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-ic

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Pertaining to