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Unit 5 Roots Flashcards

1
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agon

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main actor; driver

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alges(ia)
analgesia

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pain

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ankylos

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stiff

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appendix

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part attached to the end

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articul(us)

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joint

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asthenia

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weakness

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axi

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axis

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blast

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a rapidly dividing cell

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burs(a)

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purse; bag

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carcin

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cancer

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carp

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wrist

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center

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middle of round object

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cephal

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pertaining to the head

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cervic/o

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neck

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circum

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around

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clast

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breakdown

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clonus

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violent shaking

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condyle

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knob

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cost/o

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rib

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cranio

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head; skull

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crepit(us)

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crackling noise

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22
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cyt

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cell

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23
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dactyl

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finger

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duct

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to lead

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25
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effusion

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pouring out of

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electro

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related to electrically

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erg(on)

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energy

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exten(d)

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moving away from

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facet
(bottom of a focet is…)

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flat spot, like on a jewel

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fasci/o
(plantar faciitis)

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bundle of fibers

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femor
femur

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thigh

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32
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fixate

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remain in place

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flex

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reducing the angle of a joint

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foramen

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hole

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fossa

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shallow groove

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fracture

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broken bone

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genu

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knee

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glen(e)

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socket

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39
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gomph

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tooth

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40
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graph

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written record

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41
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hallux

A

big toe

42
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hydr

A

water

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inflammation

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inflammation

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kines
kinet

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movement

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kyphosis

A

hunchback curve of spine

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lamella

A

thin plate

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lemma

A

thin layer surrounding a cell

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lordosis

A

swayback curve of spine

49
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lumb/o

A

lower back

50
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luxation

A

dislocation

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meatus

A

tube; passage

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medull(a)

A

marrow, center

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membran(e)

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thin sheet

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mere

A

a part

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metric

A

measurement

56
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musculo

A

muscle

57
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my
myo
myos

A

muscle

58
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myel

A

marrow

59
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neuro

A

nervous system

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occipit(o)

A

back of the head

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olisthes

A

slippage

62
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os
osse
ost

A

bone

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pector(is)

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chest

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pelvis

A

hips; lower abdomen

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phalanges

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fingers and toes

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physis

A

part of a bone

67
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plasm

A

something molded, plastic or dough

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polariz(e)

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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

72
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pyre

A

fever

73
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sarc
sarco

A

muscle; flesh

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scoliosis

A

lateral curvature of the spine

75
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scop

A

instrument for looking inside

76
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skelet

A

skeleton; bones collectively

77
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spasm

A

uncontrollable contraction

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sphincter

A

muscle surrounding an opening

79
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spin
spina
spine

A

spine; vertebrae

80
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spondyl
spondylo

A

vertebrae

81
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sprain

A

injury to ligament

82
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sten

A

abnormal narrowing

83
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sterno
sternum

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sternum; breastbone

84
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strain

A

injury to muscles or tendons

85
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sulcus

A

groove

86
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supine

A

face up

87
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tars
tarso
tarsus

A

ankle

88
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tax

A

moving

89
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tempor

A

side of the head

90
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thorac
thorax

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chest

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tibia

A

bone of the lower extremity below the knee

92
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tomo

A

cutting

93
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ton
tono

A

tone, strength

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trochanter

A

point on femur where large leg muscles attach

95
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trochlea

A

piece of bone that acts as a pulley

96
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troph

A

nourishment, growth

97
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tuber

A

potato-like raised area on bone

98
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valgum

A

knees closer than normal

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varum

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knees farther apart than normal

100
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vertebra

A

bone of spinal column

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