Terminology
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| calco | calcio
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| kypho | humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
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| lamino | lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
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| lordo | curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
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| lumbo | loins, lower back
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| myelo | bone marrow
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| ortho | straight
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| osteo | bone
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| scoli | crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
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| spondylo | vertebra
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| vertebro | vertebra
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| -blast | embryonic or immature cell
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| -clast | to break
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| -listhesis | slipping
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| -malacia | softening
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| -physis | to grow
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| -porosis | pore, passage
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| -tome | instrument to cut
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| acetabulo | acetabulum (hip socket)
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| calcaneo | calcaneus (heel)
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| carpo | carpals (wrist bones)
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| claviculo | clavicle (collar bone)
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| costo | ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)
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| cranio | cranium (skull)
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| femoro | femur (thigh bone)
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| fibulo | fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
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| humero | humerus (upper arm bone)
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| ilio | ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)
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| ischio | ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)
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| malleolo | malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)
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| mandibulo | mandible (lower jaw bone)
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| maxillo | maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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| metacarpo | metacarpals (hand bones)
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| metatarso | metatarsals (foot bones)
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| olecrano | olecranon (elbow)
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| patello | patella (kneecap)
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| pelvi | pelvis (hipbone)
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| peroneo | fibula
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| phalango | phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)
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| pubo | pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
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| radio | radius (lower arm bone- thumb side)
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| scapulo | scapula (shoulder blade)
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| sterno | sternum (breastbone)
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| tarso | tarsals (bones of the hindfoot)
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| tibio | tibia (shin bone)
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| ulno | ulna (lower arm bone- little finger side)
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| ankylo | stiff
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| arthro | joint
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| articulo | joint
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| burso | bursa
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| chondro | cartilage
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| ligamento | ligament
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| rheumato | watery flow
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| synovo | synovial membrane
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| teno | tendon
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| tendino | tendon
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| -desis | to bind, tie together
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| -stenosis | narrowing
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| fascio | fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles)
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| fibro | fibrous connective tissue
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| leiomyo | smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of the internal organs
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| myo | muscle
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| myocardio | heart muscle
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| myoso | muscle
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| planto | sole of the foot
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| rhabdomyo | skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones
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| -asthenia | lack of strength
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| -trophy | development, nourishment
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| ab- | away from
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| ad- | toward
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| dorsi- | back
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| poly- | many, much
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