Musculoskeletal System Flashcards by Alejandro Carranza

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calc/o, calci/o

A

calcium

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kyph/o

A

humpback, hunchback

posterior curvature in the thoracic region

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lamin/o

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lamina (part of the vertebral arch)

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lord/o

A

curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region)

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lumb/o

A

loins, lower back

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myel/o

A

bone marrow

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ortho/o

A

straight

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oste/o

A

bone

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scoli/o

A

crooked, bent (lateral curvature)

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spondyl/o

used to make words about conditions of the structure

A

vertebra

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vertebra/o

used to describe the structure itself

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

A

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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claviul/o

A

clavicle (collar bone)

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cost/o

A

ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)

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crani/o

A

cranium (skull)

femor/o

femur (thigh bone)

fibul/o

fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

hume/o

humerus (upper arm bone)

ili/o

ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone)

ischi/o

ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)

malleol/o

malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)

mandibul/o

mandible (lower jawbone)

maxill/o

maxilla (upper jawbone)

metacarp/o

metacarpals (hand bones)

metatars/o

metatarsals (foot bones)

olecran/o

olecranon (elbow)

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

pelv/i

pelvis (hipbone)

perone/o

fibula

phalang/o

phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)

pub/o

pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

radi/o

radius (forearm bone-thumb side)

scapul/o

scapula (shoulder blade)

stern/o

sternum (breastbone)

tars/o

tarsals (bones of the hindfoot)

tibi/o

tibia (shin bone)

uln/o

ulna (forearm bone-little finger side)