UNIT 5 Word Parts Flashcards by Katie Rodriguez

Q

ankyl/o

A

bent, crooked, stiff

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arthr/o

A

joint

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brachi/o

A

arm

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burs/o

A

fluid filled sac near a joint

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calcane/o

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heel

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carp/o

A

wrist

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-cele

A

hernia, swelling, tumor

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cervic/o

A

neck

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chondr/o

A

cartilage

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-clasia

A

breaking, crushing

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coccyx

A

tail of the vertebral column, tailbone

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cost/o

A

rib

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crani/o

A

head, skull

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dactyl/o

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finger

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult

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-ectomy

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removal

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fasci/o

A

fascia, connective tissue that encases muscles

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femor/o

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femur, thigh bone

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kines-, kinesi/o

A

movement, motion

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lumb/o

A

lumbar, lower back, loin

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metacarp/o

A

bones of the hand

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my/o, myos/o, muscul/o

A

muscle

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myel/o

A

bone marrow

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ost-, oste/o

A

bone

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-paresis

A

slight paralysis, partial

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patell/o

A

patella, kneecap

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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-physis

A

growth

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radi/o

A

radius bone or x-ray, radiation

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spondyl/o

A

vertebra

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stern/o

A

sternum, breastbone

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tars/o

A

ankle

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tax/o

A

arrangement, order, coordination

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thora-, thorac/o

A

chest

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tibi/o

A

tibia, lower leg, shinbone

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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

A

tendon

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ton/o

A

tone, tension, development

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-trophy

A

nourishment, development

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vertebr/o

A

backbone