Word Parts
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bi-
What means two
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myocardial
What is the muscular walls of the heart.
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my/o
What means muscle.
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oste/o
What is bone.
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eti-
What means cause.
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-rrhexis
What means rupture.
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superficial
What means near the surface.
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ton
What means tone.
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These make up the 14 bones of the fingers.
What are phalanges.
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This is the change of the sequence of a DNA molecule.
What is a genetic mutation.
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duct
What means to lead.
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dorsiflexion
What is the bending of the foot upward at the ankle.
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brady
What means slow.
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This is the final bone at the lowest end of the spinal column.
What is the coccyx.
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These types of cells have the important ability to form ANY adult cell.
What are embryonic stem cells.
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ten/o
What is tendon.
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another term for cardioplegia
What is also known as cardiac arrest.
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clon
What means violent action.
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The upper leg bone.
What is the femur.
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This is the commonly used abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid.
What is DNA.
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kines/o
What is flesh.
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another term for spasmodic torticollis
What is wryneck or turtle neck.
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tax
What means coordination.
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This is the medical term for clubfoot
What is talipes (TAL-ih-peez).
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This is another term for a sex cell.
What is gamete.
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