Chapter 15 Roots Flashcards by kassi Dindinger

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Kyph/o

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Humpback, hunchback

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Calc/o, calci/o

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Calcium

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Lamin/o

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Lamina

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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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Myel/o

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Bone marrow

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Orth/o

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Straight

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Scoli/o

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Crooked, bent

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Spondyl/o

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Vertebra (conditions)

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Vertebr/o

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Vertebra (structure)

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Acetabul/o

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Acetabulum (hip socket)

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Calcane/o

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Calcaneous (heel)

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Carp/o

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Carpals (wrist bones)

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Clavicul/o

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Clavicle (collar bone)

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Cost/o

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Ribs

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Crani/o

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Cranium (skull)

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Femor/o

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Femur (thigh bone)

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Fibul/o

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Fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

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Humer/o

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Humerus (upper arm bone)

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Ili/o

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Ilium (upper pelvic bone)

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Ischi/o

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Ischium (posterior pelvic bone)

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Malleol/o

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Malleolus

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Mandibul/o

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Mandible

Maxill/o

Maxilla (upper jawbone)

Metacarp/o

Metacarpals

Metatars/o

Metatarsals

Olecran/o

Olecranon (elbow)

Patell/o

Patella (kneecap)

Pelv/i

Pelvis

Perone/o

Fibula

Phalang/o

Phalanges

Pub/o

Pubis

Radi/o

Radius

Scapul/o

Scapula (shoulder bone)

Stern/o

Sternum

Tars/o

Tarsals

Tibi/o

Tibia

Uln/o

Ulna

Ankyl/o

Stiff

Arthr/o

Joint

Articul/o

Joint

Burs/o

Bursa

Chondr/o

Cartilage

Ligament/o

Ligament

Rheumat/o

Watery flow

Synov/o

Synovial membrane

Ten/o

Tendon

Tendin/o

Tendon

Fasci/o

Fascia (sheaths enveloping muscles)

Fibr/o

Fibrous connective tissue

Leiomy/o

Smooth muscle that lines organ walls

My/o

Muscle

Myocardi/o

Heart muscle

Myos/o

Muscle

Plant/o

Sole of the foot

Rhabdomy/o

Skeletal muscle connected to bones

Sarc/o

Muscle and flesh