skeleton Flashcards by Soraya Reihe

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cephal/o

A

head

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cervic/o

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neck

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calcane/o

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heel bone

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cubit/o

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elbow

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carp/o

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wrist bone

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cost/o

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ribs

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crani/o

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cranium, skull

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dactyl/o

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digits (fingers, toes)

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faci/o

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face, form

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femor/o

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thigh bone

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fibul/o

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fibula

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hy/o

A

hyoid

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humer/o

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upper arm bone

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lamin/o

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lamina of the vertebra

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lumb/o

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lower back

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mandibul/o

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lower jaw

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odont/o

dent/o

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tooth

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oste/o

A

bone

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patell/o

A

kneecap

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phalang/o

phalange/o

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phalanges (bones of the fingers & toes)

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pub/o

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pubis, pubic

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ped/o

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child, foot

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radi/o

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radius or x-ray

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rachi/o

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vertebrae

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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spondyl/o

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vertebrae, spine

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thorac/o

A

chest

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tars/o

A

ankle bone (end of eyelid)

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tibi/o

A

shin bone

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uln/o

A

medical lower arm bone

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vertebr/o

A

backbone

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ambul/o

ambulat/o

A

walk

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amb/i

A

both

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ankyl/o

A

created

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arthr/o articul/o

A

joint

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burs/o

A

bursa (sack of fluid by joint)

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calc/o

calci-

A

calciam

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caud/o

A

tail

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chondr/o

A

cartilage

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cry/o

A

cold

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dextr/o

A

preforming tasks with hands

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dist/o

A

far

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encephal/o

A

brain

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fontan/o

A

fontanel (soft spot in infants head)

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kinesi/o

A

movement

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menisc/o

A

meniscus (cartilage between joints)

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meningi/o mening/o

A

meninges (protective layer around the brain)

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-asthenia

A

weakness

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-blast

A

build

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-clast

A

destroy

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-desis

A

fixation

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-phobia

A

fear

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-physis

A

grow

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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-poiesis

A

formation

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-rrhexis

A

rupure, tear

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-taxia

A

coordination

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-therapy

A

treatment

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meter/o -meter

A

measure

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myel/o

A

bone marrow or spinal cord

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my/o muscul/o

A

muscle

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orth/o

A

teeth

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-gram

A

a record or picture

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-graphy

A

process of recording