Unit 5 Root Words Musculoskeletal Flashcards

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Agon

A

Main actor, driver

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Alges(ia)

A

Pain

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Anklyos

A

Stiff

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Appendix

A

Part attached to the end

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Articul(us)

A

Joint

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Asthenia

A

Weakness

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Axi

A

Axis

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Blast

A

A rapidly dividing cell

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Burs
Bursa

A

Purse, bag

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Cephal

A

Pertaining to the head

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Cervic
Cervico

A

Neck

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Chondr
Chondro

A

Cartilage

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Circum

A

Around

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Clast

A

Breakdown

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Clonus

A

Violent shaking

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Condyle

A

Knob

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Cost
Costo

A

Rib

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Cranio

A

Head, skull

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Crepit(us)

A

Crackling noise

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20
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Cyt

A

Cell

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21
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Dactyl

A

Finger

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Duct

A

To lead

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Effusion

A

Pouring out of

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Electro

A

Related to electricity

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Erg(on)

A

Energy

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Exten(d)

A

Moving away from

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Facet

A

Flat spot, like on a jewel

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Fasci
Fascio

A

Bundle of fibers

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Femor
Femur

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Thigh

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Fissure

A

Deep crack

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Fixate

A

Remain in place

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Flex

A

Reducing the angle of a joint

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Foramen

A

Hole

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Fossa

A

Shallow groove

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Genu

A

Knee

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Glen(e)

A

Socket

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Gomph

A

Tooth

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Graph

A

Written record

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Hallux

A

Big toe

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Kines
Kinet

A

Movement

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Kyphosis

A

Hunchback curve of the spine

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Lacrim

A

Crying, tears

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Lamella

A

Thin plate

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Lemma

A

Thin layer surrounding a cell

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Meatus

A

Tube, passage

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Medulla

A

Marrow, center

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Membrane

A

Thin sheet

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Mere

A

A part

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Myel

A

Marrow

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Occipito

A

Back of the head

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Olithes

A

Slippage

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Ortho

A

Straight, at right angles, true

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Pector

A

Chest

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Physis

A

Part of a bone

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Polarize

A

To go to one extreme or another

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Pollux

A

Thumb

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Por(e)

A

Hole

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Prone

A

Face down

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Pyre

A

Fever

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Sarc
Sarco

A

Muscle, flesh

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Scoliosis

A

Lateral curvature of the spine

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Scop

A

Instrument for looking inside

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Sphincter

A

Muscle surrounding an opening

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Spondyl
Spondylo

A

Vertebrae

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Sprain

A

Injury to ligaments

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Sten

A

Abnormal narrowing

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Sterno
Sternum

A

Sternum, breastbone

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Strain

A

Injury to muscles or tendons

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Sulcus

A

Groove

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Supine

A

Face up

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Tars
Tarso
Tarsus

A

Ankle

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Tax

A

Moving

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Tempor

A

Side of the head

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Tibia

A

Bike of the lower extremity below the knee

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Tomo

A

Cutting

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Ton
Tono

A

Tone, strength

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Trochanter

A

Point on femur where large leg muscles attach

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Trochlea

A

Piece of bone that acts as a pulley

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Troph

A

Nourishment, growth

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Tuber

A

Potato-like raised area on bone

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Valgum

A

Knees closer than normal

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Varum

A

Knees farther apart than normal

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Vertebra

A

Bone of spinal column

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Zygoma

A

Yoke, joins bones of face to those of skull