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Ch 4 med terms
Musculoskeletal
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Undergraduate 1
09/25/2011
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ankyl/o
 Definition
crooked or stiff
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arthr/o,articul/o
 Definition
joint
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brachi/o
 Definition
arm
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cervic/o
 Definition
neck
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
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cost/o
 Definition
rib
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
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dactyl/o
 Definition
digit
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fasci/o
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fascia
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femor/o
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femur
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fibr/o
 Definition
fiber
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kyph/o
 Definition
humped-back
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lei/o
 Definition
smooth
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lord/o
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bent
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lord/o
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bent
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lumb/o
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loin
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow or spinal cord
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my/o,myos/o,muscul/o
 Definition
muscle
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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patell/o
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knee cap
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pelv/i,pelv/o
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hip bone or pelvic activity
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radi/o
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radius
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rhabd/o
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rod shaped or striated
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sarc/o
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flesh
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scoli/o
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twisted
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spondyl/o,vertebr/o
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vertebra
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stern/o
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sternum
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ten/o,tend/o,tendin/o
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tendon
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thorac/o
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chest
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ton/o
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tone or tension
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uln/o
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ulna
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sequestrum
 Definition
bone tissue that has died from loss of blood supply
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myeloma
 Definition
bone marrow tumor
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chondromalacia
 Definition
softening of catilage
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arthrocentesis
 Definition
punture for aspiration of joint
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athrodesis
 Definition
binding or fusing of joint surfaces
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