Med Term Ch. 15 Flashcards by lindsay McEwan

Q

calc/o, calci/o

A

calcium

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kyph/o

A

humpback, hunchback (thoracic curve)

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lamin/o

A

lamina

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lord/o

A

curve, swayback (lumbar curve)

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lumb/o

A

loins, lower back

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myel/o

A

bone marrow

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orth/o

A

straight

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oste/o

A

bone

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent (lateral curve)

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spondyl/o

A

vertebra

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vertebr/o

A

vertebra

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-blast

A

embryonic or immature cell

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-clast

A

to break

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-listhesis

A

slipping

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-malacia

A

softening

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-physis

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to grow

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-porosis

A

pore, passage

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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acetabul/o

A

acetabulum (hip socket)

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calcane/o

A

calcaneus (heel)

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carp/o

A

carpals (wrist bones)

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clavicul/o

A

clavicle (collar bone)

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cost/o

A

ribs

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crani/o

A

cranium

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femor/o

A

femur

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fibul/o

A

fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

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humer/o

A

humerus

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ili/o

A

ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)

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ischi/o

A

ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)

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malleol/o

A

malleous (process of each side of ankle)

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mandibul/o

A

mandible (lower jaw)

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maxill/o

A

maxilla (upper jaw)

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metacarp/o

A

metacarpals (hand bones)

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metatars/o

A

metatarsals (foot bones)

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olecran/o

A

olecranon (elbow)

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patell/o

A

patella

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pelv/i

A

pelvis

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perone/o

A

fibula

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phalang/o

A

phalanges (finger/toe bones)

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pub/o

A

pubis (anterior part of pelvic bone)

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radi/o

A

radius

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scapul/o

A

scapula

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stern/o

A

sternum

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tars/o

A

tarsals (bones of hindfoot)

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tibi/o

A

tibia (shin bone)

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uln/o

A

ulna

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ankyl/o

A

stiff

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arthr/o

A

joint

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articul/o

A

joint

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burs/o

A

bursa

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chondr/o

A

cartilage

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ligament/o

A

ligament

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rheumat/o

A

watery flow

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synov/o

A

synovial membrane

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ten/o

A

tendon

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tendin/o

A

tendon

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-desis

A

to bind, tie together

Q

-stenosis

A

narrowing

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fasci/o

A

fascia

Q

fibr/o

A

fibrous connective tissue

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leiomy/o

A

smooth muscle that lines the walls of internal organs

Q

my/o

A

muscle

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myocardi/o

A

heart muscle

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myos/o

A

muscle

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plant/o

A

sole of the foot

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rhabdomy/o

A

skeletal muscle connected to bones

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-asthenia

A

lack of strength

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-trophy

A

development, nourishment

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ab-

A

away from

Q

ad-

A

toward

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dorsi-

A

back

Q

poly-

A

many, much