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Understanding Medical Words Tutorial
Root words for specific bones and muscles areas of your body.
- Muscles is myo
- Shoulder is scapula
- Arm is brachi or brachio
- Wrist is carp or carpo
- Rib is cost or costo
- Back is dorsa
- Bones are oste or osteo
- Foot is pod or podo or ped or pedo