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chapter 15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| calc/o calci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback, hunchback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o vertebr/o | vertebra |
| -blast | embryonic or immature cell |
| -clast | to break |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| -porosis | pore, passage |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| articul/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| -stenonis | narrowing |
| my/o myos/o | muscle |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dorsi- | back |
| poly- | many,much |
| bending a limb | flexion |
| straightening out a limb | extension |
| movement away from the midline of the body | abduction |
| movement toward the midline of the body | adduction |
| circular movement around an axis | rotation |