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Essential medical terminology chapter 2 Flashcards

Skeletal system

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577433706arthr/ojoint
577433707chondr/ocartilage
577433708clavicul/oclavicle
577433709coccyg/ococcyx
577433710cost/orib
577433711crani/oskull
577433712kyph/ohumpback
577433713lamin/olamina,thin flat plate,part of vertebral arch
577433714lord/oswayback
577433715lumb/olower back
577433716metacarp/ohand bones
577433717metatar/ofoot bones
577433718myel/obone marrow or spinal cord
577433719my/omuscle
577433720myos/omuscle
577433721muscul/omuscle
577433722oste/obone
577433723pelv/opelvis,hipbone
577433724rhin/onose
577433725sacr/osacrum
577433726scoli/ocrooked,bent,twisted
577433727spondyl/overtebra
577433728stern/osternum,breastbone
577433729ten/otendon
577433730tendin/otendon
577433731vertebra/overtebra
577433732algiapain
577433733blastimmature
577433734clasissurgical fracture
577433735gramrecord
577433736graphytechnique of recording/making an xray
577433737malaciasoftening
577433738olisthesisslipping
577433739omatumor, mass
577433740osisabnormal condition
577433741plastysurgical repair
577433742scopeinstrument to visually examine
577433743scopyprocess of visual eximination
577433744tomyprocess of cutting,incision
577433745trophynourishment,development
577433746anteriorstructure or part is facing front
577433747distalbody part is furthest away from point of origin
577433748dorsalpertaining or referring to the back
577433749inferiortoward the feet or below
577433750lateralaway from midline of the body
577433751medialtoward the midline
577433752posteriortoward the back or pertaining to the back of the body
577433753pronelaying face down on the abdomen
577433754proximalbody part nearest point of origin
577433755superficialnear the surface
577433756superiortoward the head,above
577433757supinelaying face up on the back
577433758ventralpertaining to the front

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