Chapter 14 Flashcards
(50 cards)
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Clavic/o, Clavicul/o
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Clavicle (collarbone)
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Carp/o
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Carpals (wrist)
2
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Cost/o
A
Rib
3
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Crani/o
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Cranium (skull)
4
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Femor/o
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Femur (upper leg bone)
5
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Fibul/o
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Fibula (lower leg bone)(perone/o is also a word root for fibula)
6
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Humer/o
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Humerus (upper arm bone)
7
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Ili/o
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Ilium
8
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Ischi/o
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Ischium
9
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Lumb/o
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Loin, lumbar region of the spine
10
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Mandibul/o
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Mandible (lower jaw bone)
11
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Maxill/o
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Maxilla (upper bone)
12
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Patell/o
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Patella (kneecap)
13
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Pelvi/i, pelv/o
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Pelvic bone, pelvis
14
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Phalang/o
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Phalanges (any bone of the fingers or toes)
15
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Pub/o
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Pubis
16
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Rachi/o, spondyl/o, vertebr/o
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Vertebrae, spine, vertebral column
17
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Radi/o
A
Radius (lower arm bone)
18
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Sacr/o
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Sacrum
19
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Scapul/o
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Scapula (shoulder blade)
20
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Stern/o
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Sternum (breastbone)
21
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Tars/o
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Tarsals (ankle bones)
22
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Tibi/o
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Tibia (lower leg bone)
23
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Uln/o
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Ulna (lower arm bone)
24
Aponeur/o
Aponeurosis
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Arth/o
Joint
26
Burs/o
Bursa (cavity)
27
Chondr/o
Cartilage
28
Disk/o
Intervertebral disk
29
Menisc/ o
Meniscus (crescent)
30
Synovi/o
Synovia, synovial membrane
31
Ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
Tendon
32
Ankyl/o
Stiff, bent
33
Kinesi/o
Movement, motion
34
Kyph/o
Hump (increased convexity of the spine)
35
Lamin/o
Lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)
36
Lord/o
Bent forward (increased concavity of the spine)
37
My/o, myos/o
Muscle
38
Myel/o
Bone marrow
39
Oste/o
Bone
40
Petr/o
Stone
41
Scoli/o
Crooked, curved (spine)
42
Inter-
Between
43
Supra-
Above
44
Sym-, syn-
Together joined
45
-asthenia
Weakness
46
-clasia, -clasis, -clast
Break
47
-desis
Surgical fixation, fusion
48
-physis
Growth
49
-schisis
Split, fissure
