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93 Cards in this Set
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acetabul/o (acetabulum)
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hip socket
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ankyl/o
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stiff
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arthr/o
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joint
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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/o
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calcium
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calcane/o (calcaneus)
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heel
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calci/o
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calcium
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carp/o (carpals )
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wrist bones
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cervic/o
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neck; cervix (neck of urterus)
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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clavicul/o (clavical)
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collar bone
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coccyg/o (coccyx )
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tailbone
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cost/o
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ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)
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crani/o (cranium )
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skull
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fasci/o (fascia )
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forms sheaths enveloping muscles
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femor/o (femur)
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thigh bone
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fibr/o
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fibrous connective tissue
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fibul/o (femur)
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smaller lower leg bone
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humer/o (humerus)
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upper arm bone
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ilio/o (illum)
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upper part of pelvic bone
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ischi/o (ischium)
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posterior part of the pelvic bone
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kyph/o
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humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoractic region)
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lamin/o (lamina )
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part of the vertebral arch
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leiomy/o
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smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of the internal organs
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ligament/o
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ligament
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lord/o
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curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
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lumb/o
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lions, lower back
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malleol/o (malleolus)
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process on each side of the ankle
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mandibul/o (mandible )
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lower jaw bone
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maxilla/o (maxilla)
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upper jaw bone
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metacarp/o (metacarpals)
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hand bones
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metatars/o (metatarsals)
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foot bones
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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mycardi/o
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heart muscle
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myos/o
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muscle
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olecran/o (olecranon )
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elbow
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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 (patella)
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kneecap
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ped/o
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child; foot
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pelv/i (pelvis)
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hipbone
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perone/o
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fibula
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phalang/o (phalanges)
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finger and/or toe bones
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plant/o
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sole of the foot
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pub/o (pubis)
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anterior part of the pelvic bone
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radi/o (radius)
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lower arm bone-thumb side
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rhabdomy/o
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skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones
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rheumat/o
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watery flow
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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sarc/o
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flesh (connective tissue)
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scapula/o (scapula )
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shoulder blade
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scoli/o
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crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
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spondyl/o
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vertebra (used to make words about conditions of the structure)
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stern/o (sternum)
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breastbone
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synov/o
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synovial membrane
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tars/o (tarsals )
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bones of the hindfoot
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ten/o
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tendon
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tendin/o
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tendon
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thorac/o
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chest
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tibi/o (tibia )
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shin bone
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uln/o (ulna)
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lower arm bone - little finger side
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vertebr/o
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vertebra
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-algia
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pain
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-asthenia
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lack of strength
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-blast
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embryonic or immature cell
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-clast
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to break
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-desis
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to bind, tie together
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-emia
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blood condition
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-listhesis
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slipping
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-malacia
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softening
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-penia
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deficiency
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-physis
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to grow
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-porosis
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pore, passage
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward
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dia-
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complete; through
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dorsi-
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back
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epi-
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above, upon, on
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exo-
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out; away from
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hyper-
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above, excessive
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meta-
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change; beyond
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peri-
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surrounding
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poly-
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many, much
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sub-
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under; below
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supra-
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above, upper
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sym-
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together, with
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