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Musculoskeletal System
MedTerm 103 Chapter 4 (b.rudd)
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
11/17/2011
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ad-
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towards
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-porosis
 Definition
porous
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-listhesis
 Definition
slipping
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-desis
 Definition
stabilize, fuse
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-clasia
 Definition
to surgically break
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
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-tonia
 Definition
tone
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-kinesia
 Definition
movement
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myocardi/o
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heart muscle
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fibr/o
 Definition
fibers
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synov/o, synovi/o
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synovial membrane
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vertebr/o, spondyl/o
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vertebrae
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scoli/o
 Definition
crooked, bent
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ped/o
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foot, child
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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orth/o
 Definition
straight, upright
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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lord/o
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bent backwards
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kyph/o
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hump
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ankyl/o
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stiff joint
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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arthr/o, articul/o
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joint
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my/o, myos/o, muscul/o
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muscle
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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
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tendon
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kinesi/o
 Definition
movement
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