Chapter 10 Defs Flashcards by Caroline Ippolito

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arthr/o

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joint

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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calc/o

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calcium

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calcane/o

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calcaneum (heel bone)

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carp/o

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carpus (wrist bones)

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NAME?

A

hernia, swelling

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NAME?

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surgical puncture

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cephal/o

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head

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cervic/o

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neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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cost/o

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ribs

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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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cyt/o

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cell

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NAME?

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cell

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dist/o

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far, farthest

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NAME?

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excision, removal

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NAME?

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blood condition

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en-

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in, within

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encephal/o

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brain

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femor/o

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femur (thigh bone)

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NAME?

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forming, producing; origin

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NAME?

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record, writing

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NAME?

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process of recording

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hemi-

Study These Flashcards

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one half

humer/o

humerus (upper arm bone)

hypo-

under, below; deficient

inter-

between

#NAME?

specialist

#NAME?

inflammation

#NAME?

specialist in the study of

lumb/o

loin (lower back)

#NAME?

softening

metacarp/o

metacarpus (hand bones)

#NAME?

instrument for measuring

my/o

muscle

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

#NAME?

tumor

#NAME?

abnormal condition

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

#NAME?

disease

peri-

around

#NAME?

surgical repair

#NAME?

paralysis

proxim/o

near

quadri-

four

radi/o

radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side)

roentgen/o

x-ray

#NAME?

suture

#NAME?

rupture

sacr/o

sacrum

scler/o

hardening; sclera (white of the eye)

spin/o

spine

spondyl/o, vertebr/o

vertebra (backbone)

stern/o

sternum (breastbone)

tend/o

tendon

tibi/o

tibia (larger inner bone of the lower leg)

#NAME?

incision