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Chap_3 skeletal
Term | Definition |
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Ankyl/o | Crooked, bent, or stiff |
Arthr/o | Joint |
Chondr/o | Cartilage |
Cost/o | Ribs |
Crani/o | Head |
-desis | Surgical fixation of a bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
Kyph/o | Hump |
Lord/o | Bent backwards |
-lysis | Losening or setting free, Breaking down or destruction |
Myel/o | Bone marrow/Spinal cord |
Oss/e, Oss/i, Ost/o, Oste/o | Bones |
-poietic | Pertaining to formation |
Scoli/o | Curved |
Spondyl/o | Vertebrae |
-um | singular noun ending |