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Chapter 10 Muscloskeletal system Dwana

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appendage   any body part attached to a main structure  
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articulation   place of union between two or more bones.  
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arthritis   inflammation of a joint  
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cruciate ligaments   ligaments that cross each other forming an X within the notch between the femoral condyles.  
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hematopoiesis   production and development of blood cells, normally in the bone marrow.  
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meatus   an opening or passage through any part of the body.  
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ankyl/o   stiffness; bent, crooked  
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arthr/o   joint  
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kyph/o   hill, mountain  
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lamin/o   lamina  
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lord/o   curve, swayback  
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myel/o   bone marrow, spinal cord  
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orth/o   straight  
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oste/o   bone  
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ped/o   foot; child  
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ped/i   foot; child  
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scoli/o   crooked, bent  
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thorac/o   chest  
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acromi/o   acromion  
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brachi/o   arm  
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calcane/o   calcaneum  
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carp/o   carpus  
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cephal/o   head  
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cervic/o   neck; cervix  
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clavicul/o   clavicle  
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cost/o   ribs  
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ccrani/o   cranium  
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dactyl/o   fingers;toes  
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femor/o   femur  
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fibul/o   fibula  
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humer/o   humerus  
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ili/o   ilium  
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ischi/o   ischium  
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lumb/o   loins  
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metacarp/o   metacarpus  
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metatars/o   metatarsus  
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patell/o   patella  
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pelv/i   pelvis  
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pod/o   foot  
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phalang/o   phalanges  
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pub/o   pelvis bone  
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radi/o   radiation, x-ray  
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spondyl/o   vertebrae  
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vertebr/o   vertebrae  
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stern/o   sternum  
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tibi/o   tibia  
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leiomy/o   smooth muscle  
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muscul/o   muscle  
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my/o   muscle  
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rhabd/o   rod-shaped  
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rhabdomy/o   rod-shaped muscle  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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fasci/o   band,fascia membrane supporting and seperating.  
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fibr/o   fiber  
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synov/o   synovial membranes  
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ten/o   tendon  
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tend/o   tendon  
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tendin/o   tendon  
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-asthenia   weakness, debility  
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-blast   embryonic cell  
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-clasia   to break, surgical fracture  
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-clast   to break, surgical fracture  
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-desis   binding, fixation  
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-malacia   softening  
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-physis   growht  
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-porosis   porous  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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a-   without  
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sub-   under, below  
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supra-   above  
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syn-   union, together, joined  
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ankylosis   stiffening and immobility of a joint as a result of disease, trauma, surgery, or abnormal bone fusion.  
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carpal tunnel syndrome   painful condition resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel.  
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claudication   lameness, limping  
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contracture   fibrosis of connective tissue in skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or joint.  
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