root words Flashcards
(51 cards)
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acr/o
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extremities
2
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ankyl/o
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crooked; bent; stiff; fused; together
3
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arthr/o
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joint
4
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brachi/o
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arm
5
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burs/o
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bursa(sac fluid near a joint)
6
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calcane/o
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calcaneus; heel bone
7
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carp/o
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wrist
8
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cervic/o
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neck; cervix(neck of uterus)
9
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chir/o
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hand
10
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chondr/o
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cartilage
11
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clavicul/o
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clavicle: collarbones
12
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cost/o
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rib
13
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crani/o
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skull
14
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cubit/o
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elbow
15
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dactyl/o
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digits(fingers of toes)
16
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dextr/o
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to the right
17
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femor/o
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thigh bone
18
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fibul/o
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fibula; lower leg bone
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humer/o
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humerus; upper arm bone
20
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hy/o
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hyoid bone
21
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ili/o
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ilium; top of the hip bone
22
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kyph/o
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humpback
23
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narc/o
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numbness; sleep;stupor
24
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nas/o
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nose
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orth/o
straight
26
oste/o
bone
27
patell/o
patella; kneecap
28
ped/o
foot; child
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phalang/o
phalanges; fingers or toes
30
physi/o
nature/function
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por/o
opening;passageway;
porous
32
pod/o
foot
33
pub/o
pubis/ pubic region
34
pyret/o
fever
35
rachi/o
spine; vertebra
36
rheumat/o
watery flow
37
rhin/o
nose
38
sacr/o
sacrum
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sarc/o
flesh; connective tissue
40
scoli/o
crooked; bent
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sinistr/o
to the left
42
spondyl/o
vertebra;backbone
43
ster/o
solid stutter; steroid
44
stern/o
sternum;breastbone
45
styl/o
column; pillar; tube
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synovi/o
lubricating fluid of joints
47
tars/o
ankle
48
ten/o, tendin/o, tendin/o
tendon
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tibi/o
tibia; lower leg bone
50
uln/o
ulna; lower arm bone
51
vertebr/o
vertebae; spinal column bone
