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1
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Fasci/o

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Band, fascia

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Fibr/o

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Fiber, fibrous

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Leiomy/o

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Smooth muscle

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Lumb/o

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Loins

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Muscul/o

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Muscle

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My/o

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Muscle

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Ten/o

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Tendon

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Tend/o

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Tendon

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Tendin/o

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Tendon

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-algia

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Pain

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-asthenia

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Weakness, debility

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Hemi-

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One half

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-sarcoma

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Malignant tumor of connective tissue

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Cost/o

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Ribs

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Autorhythmicity

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Built in rhythm

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-genesis

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Forming, producing, or origin

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Scler/o

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Hardening

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Quadri-

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Four

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Carp/o

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Carpus

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-ptosis

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Prolapse

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Cervic/o

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Neck

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Crani/o

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Skull

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Humer/o

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Humerus

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Metacarp/o

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Metacarpus

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Phalang/o

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Phalanges

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Spondyl/o

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Vertebra

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Vertebr/o

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Vertebrae

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31
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Calcane/o

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Calcaneum – heel bone

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Femor/o

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Femur

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Fibul/o

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Fibula

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34
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Patell/o

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Kneecap

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Pelv/o

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Pelvis

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Pelv/I

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Pelvis

37
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Radi/o

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Radiation, X-ray, radius

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Tibi/o

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Tibia- larger bone

39
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Ankyl/o

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Stiffness, bent,crooked

40
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Arthr/o

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Joint

41
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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

42
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Lamin/o

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Lamina

43
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Orth/o

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Straight

44
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Clasia

-clast

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To break

45
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-desis

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Binding, fixation

46
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Physis

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Growth

47
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Synarthroses

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Immovable joints

48
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Porosis

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Porous

49
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My/o

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Muscle

50
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Diarthroses

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Free movable joints

51
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En

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In, within

52
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Amphiarthroses

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Slightly movable joints

53
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Greenstick fracture

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Bent and broken– children

Splinter

54
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Comminuted fracture

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Bone is broken into pieces

55
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Impacted fracture

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Broken ends of bones are forced into one another; many bone fragments may be created

56
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Complicated fracture

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Extensive soft tissue injury such as when a broken rib pierces a lung

57
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Colles fracture

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Lower end of the radius

Displacement of hand

Occurs when flexing hand to cushion fall

58
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Incomplete fracture

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Line of fracture does not include the whole bone

59
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AE

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Above the elbow

60
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BE

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Below the elbow

61
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BK

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Below the knee

62
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HD

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Hemodialysis

63
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CTS

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Carpal tunnel syndrome

64
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HNO

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Herniated nucleus pulpisus

65
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IM

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Intramuscular

66
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THR

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Total hip replacement

67
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Scoli-

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Crooked, bent

68
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Listhesis

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Slipping

69
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Kyph

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Hunchback

70
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Lord-

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Curve, swayback

71
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MG

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Myasthenia graves

72
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RA

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Rheumatoid arthritis

73
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Talipes equinovarus

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Congenital deformity of the foot, also called clubfoot

74
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Torticollis

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Spasmodic contraction of the neck muscles causing stiffness and testing of the neck also called wryneck

75
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Contracture

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Fibrosis of connective tissue in the skin, fascia, muscles, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or joint

76
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Crepitation

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Grating sound made by movement of bones ends rubbing together indicating a fractured joint destruction

77
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Ewing sarcoma

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Malignant tumor that develops from bone marrow usually in long bones or the pelvis

78
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Paget

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Go to disease affecting elderly people that causes chronic inflammation of bones resulting in thickening and softening of bones and Boeing of long bones also called osteitis deformans

79
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Sublaxation

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Chronic systemic inflammatory disease affecting the synovial membrane of multiple joints eventually resulting in crippling deformities

80
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Sequestrum

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Fragment of a necrosed bone that has become separated from surrounding tissue

81
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Ankylosing spondylitis

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Chronic inflammatory disease of unknown origin the first affects the spine and it’s characterized by fusion and loss of mobility of two or more vertebrae also called Rheumatoid spondylolysis

82
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Sequestrum

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Segment of necrosed bone

83
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Scoliosis

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Abnormal side word curvature of the spine to left or right

84
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Spondylolisthesis

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Partial for dislocation of one vertebrae over one below it most commonly the fifth lumbar vertebra over the first sacral vertebrae also called spinal cord compression

Medical terminology (14 decks)

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