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Musculoskeletal

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Definition
fasci/o   band,fascia  
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fibr/o   fiber, fibrous tissue  
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leiomy/o   smooth muscle  
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lumb/o   loins(lower back)  
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muscul/o   muscle  
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my/o   muscle  
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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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-algia   pain  
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-asthenia   weakness;debility  
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-pathy   disease  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-sarcoma   malignant tumor of the connective tissue  
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-tomy   incision  
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flexion   decreases the angle of a joint  
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extension   increases the angle of a joint  
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adduction   moves closer to the midline  
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abduction   moves away from the midline  
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rotation   moves a bone around its axis  
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pronation   turns the palms down  
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supination   turns the palms up  
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eversion   moves the sole of the foot inward  
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inversion   moves the sole of the foot outward  
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dorsiflexion   elevates the foot  
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plantar flexion   lowers the foot  
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carp/o   carpus(wrist bones)  
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cervic/o   neck;cervix  
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cost/o   ribs  
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crani/o   cranium  
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humer/o   humerus  
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metacarp/o   metacarpus  
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phalang/o   phalanges  
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spondyl/o   vertebra  
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vertebr/o   vertebra  
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stern/o   sternum  
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calcane/o   calcaneum  
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femor/o   femur  
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fibul/o   fibula  
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patell/o   patella  
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pelv/i   patella  
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pelv/o   patella  
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radi/o   radiation; X-ray; radius  
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tibi/o   tibia  
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ankyl/o   stiffness; bent, crooked  
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arthr/o   joint  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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lamin/o   lamina  
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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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-clast   to break ; surgical fracture  
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-cyte   cell  
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-desis   binding, fixation  
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-malacia   softening  
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-physis   growth  
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-porosis   porous  
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