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Musculoskeletal prefixes
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Undergraduate 1
10/02/2025
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Artho-:
 Definition
Pertaining to joints
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Myo-:
 Definition
Pertaining to muscles
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Osteo-:
 Definition
Pertaining to bones
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Chondro-:
 Definition
Pertaining to cartilage
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Spondylo-:
 Definition
Pertaining to spine or verebrae
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Ten-/ teno-/tendino-:
 Definition
Pertaining to tendons
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Ligamento-:
 Definition
Pertaining to ligaments
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Kinesi-/Kinesio-:
 Definition
Pertaining to movement
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Poli-:
 Definition
Pertaining to gray mattter
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Retro-:
 Definition
Backward or behind
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Sub-:
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Below or under
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Peri-:
 Definition
Around or surrounding
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Hyper-:
 Definition
Excessive or above normal
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