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chapter 3 skeletal system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | crooked,bent,stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| -desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind ,tie together |
| kyph/o | bent lump |
| lord/o | curve swayback bent |
| -lysis | breakdown,separation,setting free,destruction,loosening |
| myel/o | spinal cord bone marrow |
| oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o | bone |
| -poietic | formation |
| scoli/o | crooked bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone |
| -um | structure tissue thing |