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Musculoskeletal System
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08/07/2020
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calc/o, calci/o
 Definition
calicum
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kyph/o
 Definition
humpback, hunchback
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lamin/o
 Definition
lamina
Term
lord/o
 Definition
curve, swayback
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lumb/o
 Definition
loins, lower back
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
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orth/o
 Definition
straight
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oste/o
 Definition
straight
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oste/o
 Definition
straight
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scoli/o
 Definition
crooked, bent
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spondyl/o
 Definition
vertebra
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vertebr/o
 Definition
vertebra
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-blast
 Definition
embryonic or immature cell
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-clast
 Definition
to break
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-physis
 Definition
to grow
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-porosis
 Definition
pore, passage
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-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut
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acetabul/o
 Definition

acetabulum

 
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calcane/o
 Definition
calcaneus (heel)
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carp/o
 Definition
carpals (wrist bones)
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clavicul/o
 Definition
clavicle (collar bone)
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cost/o
 Definition
ribs (true, false, and floating ribs)
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crani/o
 Definition
cranium (skull)
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femor/o
 Definition
femur (thigh bone)
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fibul/o
 Definition
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
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humer/o
 Definition
humerus (upper arm bone)
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ili/o
 Definition
ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)
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ischi/o
 Definition
ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)
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malleol/o
 Definition
malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)
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mandibul/o
 Definition
mandible (lower jawbone)
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maxill/o
 Definition
maxilla ( upper jawbone)
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metacarp/o
 Definition
metacarpals (hand bones)
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metatars/o
 Definition
metatarsals (foot bones)
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olecran/o
 Definition
olecranon (elbow)
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patell/o
 Definition
patella (kneecap)
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pelv/o
 Definition
pelvis (hipbone)
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perone/o
 Definition
fibula
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phalang/o
 Definition
phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)
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pub/o
 Definition
pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
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radi/o
 Definition
radius (forearm bone-thumb side)
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scapul/o
 Definition
scapula (shoulder blade)
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stern/o
 Definition
sternum (breastbone)
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tars/o
 Definition
tarsal ( bone of the hindfoot)
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tibi/o
 Definition
tibia (shin bone)
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uln/o

 

 Definition
ulna (forearm bone-little finger side)
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