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Chapter 15

  1. calc/o, calci/o
    calcium
  2. kyph/o
    humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in thoracic region)
  3. lamin/o
    lamina
  4. lord/o
    curve, swayback
  5. lumb/o
    loins, lower back
  6. myel/o
    bone marrow
  7. orth/o
    straight
  8. oste/o
    bone
  9. scoli/o
    crooked, bent
  10. spondyl/o (used to make words of conditions about structure)
    vertebra
  11. vertebr/o
    vertebra
  12. -blast
    embryonic or immature cell
  13. -clast
    to break
  14. -listhesis
    slipping
  15. -malacia
    softening
  16. -physis
    to grow
  17. -porosis
    pore, passage
  18. -tome
    instrument to cut
  19. accetabul/o
    accetabulum
  20. calcane/o
    calcaneus
  21. carp/o
    carpals
  22. calvicul/o
    clavicle
  23. cost/o
    rib
  24. crani/o
    skull
  25. femor/o
    femur
  26. fibul/o
    fibula
  27. humer/o
    humerus
  28. ili/o
    ilium
  29. ischi/o
    ischium
  30. malleol/o
    malleolus
  31. mandibul/o
    mandible
  32. maxill/o
    maxilla
  33. matacarp/o
    metacarpals
  34. metatars/o
    metatarsals
  35. olecran/o
    olecranon
  36. patell/o
    patella
  37. pelv/i
    pelvis
  38. perone/o
    fibula
  39. phalang/o
    phalanges
  40. pub/o
    pubis
  41. radi/o
    radius
  42. scapul/o
    scapula
  43. stern/o
    sternum
  44. tars/o
    tarsals
  45. tibi/o
    tibia
  46. uln/o
    ulna
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Chapter 15
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