Musculoskeletal System Flashcards by Roxanne Pettiford

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ankyl/o

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stiffness, bent, crooked

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arthr/o

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joint

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calcane/o

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calcaneum (heel bone)

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carp/o

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carpus (wrist bones)

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cephal/o

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head

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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, outer bone of lower leg)

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humer/o

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humerus (upper arm bone)

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lamin/o

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lamina

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lumb/o

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loin (lower back)

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metacarp/o

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metacarpus (hand bones)

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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bone marrow; spinal cord

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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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patell/o

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patella (kneecap)

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pelv/i, pelv/o

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pelvis

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radi/o

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radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone, thumb side)

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spondyl/o, vertebr/o

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vertebrae (backbone)

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stern/o

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sternum (breastbone)

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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

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tendon

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tibi/o

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tibia (larger inner bone of lower leg)

-algia, -dynia

pain

-centesis

surgical puncture

-clast

to break; surgical fracture

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-physis

growth

-plegia

paralysis

-porosis

porous

-sarcoma

malignant tumor of connective tissue

hemi-

one half