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Chapter 15: Musculoskeletal System Flashcards

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acetabul/o

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acetabulum (hip socket)

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ankyl/o

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stiff

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arthro/o

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join

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articul/o

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joint

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burs/o

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bursa

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calc/0

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calcium

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calcane/o

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calcaneus (heel bone)

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calci/o

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calcium

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carp/o

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carpals (wrist bones)

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cervic/o

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neck

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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clavicul/o

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clavicle (collar bone)

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coccyg/o

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coccyx

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14
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cost/o

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ribs

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15
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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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fasci/o

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fascia

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femor/o

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femur (thigh bone)

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fibr/o

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fiber

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fibul/o

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fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

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20
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humer/o

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humerus (upper arm bone)

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21
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ili/o

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ilium (upper part of pelvic)

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ischi/o

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ischium (posterior of pelvic bone)

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malleol/o

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malleolus

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24
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mandibul/o

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mandible (lower jaw bone)

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maxill/o

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maxilla (upper jaw bone)

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metacarp/o

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metacarpal (hand bones)

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metatars/o

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metatarsals (foot bones)

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my/o

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muscles

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myel/o

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bone marrow

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myocardi/o

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heart muscles

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31
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myos/o

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muscles

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32
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olecran/o

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olecranon (elbow)

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33
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orth/o

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straight

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34
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oste/o

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bone

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35
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patell/o

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patella (knee cap/bone)

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36
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pelv/i

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pelvis (hip bone)

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perone/o

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fibula

38
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phalang/o

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phalanges (fingers/toes)

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plant/o

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sole of the foot

40
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pub/o

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pubis (part of the coax)

41
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radi/o

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radius (forearm bone)

lateral to the ulna

42
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rhabdomy/o

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skeletal muscle (connected to bones)

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rheumat/o

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watery flow

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kyph/o

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hunchback, humpback

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lamin/o

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lamina (vertebral arch)

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leiomy/o

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smooth (visceral) muscles that lines the walls of internal organs

47
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ligament/o

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ligament

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lord/o

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curve, swayback

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lumb/o

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loins, lower back

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synov/o

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synovial membrane

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tars/o

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tarsals

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ten/o

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tendon

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tendin/o

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tendons

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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sarc/o

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flesh (malignant/ cancerous)

56
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scapul/o

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scapula

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent (lateral curvature)

58
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spondyl/o

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vertebra

59
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stern/o

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sternum

60
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thorac/o

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chest

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tibi/o

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tibia (shin bone)

62
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uln/o

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ulna

medial to radius

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vertebr/o

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vertebra

64
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-algia

A

pain

65
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-asthenia

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lack of strength

66
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-blast

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embryonic, immature

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-clast

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to break

68
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-desis

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to bind, tie together

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-emia

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blood condition

70
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-listhesis

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slipping

71
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-malacia

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softening

72
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-penia

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deficiencey

73
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-physis

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to grow

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-plasty

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surgical repair

75
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-porosis

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pore, passage

76
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-stenosis

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narrowing

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-tome

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instrument to cut

78
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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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a-

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no, not, without

80
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an-

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no, not, without

81
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ab-

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away from

82
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ad-

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toward

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dia-

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through, complete

84
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dorsi-

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back

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epi-

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upon, on, above

86
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exo-

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out, outside, outward

87
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hyper-

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excessive

88
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meta-

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beyond, change

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peri-

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many, much

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sub-

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under

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supra-

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above, upper

92
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sym-

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together, with

Medical Terminology (19 decks)

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