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Ch. 3 word parts
skeletal system
Term | Definition |
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ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
arthr/o | joint |
burs/o | bursa |
chondr/i, chondr/o | cartilage |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
-desis | to bind, tie together |
kyph/o | bent, hump |
lord/o | curve, swayback, bent |
-lysis | loosening or setting free |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o | bone |
scoli/o | curved, bent |
spondyl/o | vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone |
synovi/o, synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
ligament/o | ligament |