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Chap_3 skeletal
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |