Chapter 5: The skeletal & muscular systems Flashcards
(90 cards)
1
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brady-
A
slow
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dia-
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around, passing through
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dys-
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bad, abnormal, painful,difficult
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end-, endo-
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within
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epi-
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upon, over, above, on top
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sym-
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together, joined
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syn-
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together, joined
8
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ankyl/o
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fused, not straight
9
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arthr/o
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joint
10
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burs/o
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purse or sac, bursa
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carcin/o
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cancer
12
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carp/o
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wrist
13
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carti/o
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gristle, cartilage
14
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cel/o
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hernia,protrusion
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chir/o
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hand
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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condyl/o
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knuckle of a joint
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cost/o
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rib
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cran/o,crani/o
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skull, cranium
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disk/o
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flat shape, invertebral disk
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duct/o
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lead, move
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electr/o
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electricity
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fasci/o
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fascia
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femor/o
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thigh, femur
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fibr/o
fiber
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fibul/o
clasp or buckle,fibula
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flex/o
bend
28
iti/o
flank, hip,groin
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ischi/o
haunch, hip joint, ischium
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kinesi/o
motion
31
kyph/o
hump
32
lamin/o
thin, lamina
33
later/o
side
34
lord/o
bent forward
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maxill/o
upper jaw bone
36
minisc/o, menisci/o
crescent-shaped moon, meniscus
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myel/o, myelon/o
bone marrow (spinal cord, medulla, and myelin sheath)
38
my/o, myos/o
muscle
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necr/o
death
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neur/o
sinew or cord
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oth/o
straight,normal
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oste/o
bone
43
pariet/o
wall
44
patell/o
small pan, patella
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ped/o
child
46
petr/o
stone
47
phalang/o
row of soldiers,phalanx
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physis/o
growth
49
pod/o
foot
50
por/o
small hole
51
pub/o
grown up, pubis
52
rachi/o
spine, vertebral column
53
radi/o
spoke of a wheel, radius
54
rheumat/o
discharge
55
sacr/o
sacred, sacrum
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scoli/o
curved
57
scop/o
to view
58
skelet/o
dried up, skeleton
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spondyl/o
vertebra
60
stern/o
chest, sternum
61
synov/o, synovi/o
binding of eggs, synovia
62
tars/o
flat surface, tarsum
63
tax/o, taxi/o
reaction to stimulus
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ten/o. tend/o, tendin/o
to stretch out, tendon
65
verss/o
turn
66
vertebr/o
joint, vertebra
67
-cele
hernia, swelling, protrusion
68
-centesis
a surgical puncture to aspirate fluids
69
-clasia, -clasis, -clast
break apart
70
-clonus
in motion
71
-desis
surgical fixation, fusion
72
-drone
run, running
73
-dynia
pain
74
-lith
stone
75
-oid
resembling
76
-otomy, -tomy
cutting into, incision
77
-physis
growth
78
-phasia
shape, formation
79
-plegia
paralysis (major)
80
-practor
one who practices
81
-practic
one who practices
82
-ptosis
falling down, drooping
83
-rraphy
suturing
84
-s
plural
85
-schisis
split, fissure
86
-syndesis
surgical fixation, fusion
87
-tic
pertaining to
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-trophy
nourishment, development
89
-um
pertaining to
90
-y
process of
