Chapter 2: Body Structure Flashcards
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morph/o-
A
Form
2
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cyt/o, -cyte
A
Cell
3
Q
nucle/o
A
Nucleus
4
Q
kary/o
A
Nucleus
5
Q
hist/o, histi/o
A
Tissue
6
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
7
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reticul/o
A
Network
8
Q
Aden/o
A
Gland
9
Q
papill/o
A
Nipple
10
Q
myx/o
A
Mucus
11
Q
muc/o
A
Mucus, mucous membrane
12
Q
somat/o, -some
A
body, small body
13
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blast/o, -blast
A
Immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell
14
Q
gen
A
Origin, formation
15
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phag/o
A
Eat, ingest
16
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phil
A
Attract, absorb
17
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plas
A
Formation, molding, development
18
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trop
A
Act on, affect
19
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troph/o
A
Feeding, growth, nourishment
20
Q
-ase
A
Enzyme
21
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-ase
A
Enzyme
22
Q
hydr/o
A
Water, fluid
23
Q
gluc/o
A
Glucose
24
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glyc/o
A
Sugar, glucose
25
sacchar/o
Sugar
26
amyl/o
Starch
27
lip/o
Lipid, fat
28
adip/o
fat
29
steat/o
Fatty
30
prote/o
Protein
31
Anterior(ventral)
Toward or at the front of the(belly) of the body
32
Posterior(dorsal)
Toward or at the back(dorsum) of the body
33
Caudal
Toward the lower end of the spine(cauda tail) in humans, in an inferior direction
34
cephal/o
Head
35
cervic/o
Neck
36
thorac/o
Chest, thorax
37
abdomin/o
Abdomen
38
celi/o
Abdomen
39
Lapar/o
Abdominal wall
40
lumb/o
Lumbar region, lower back
41
Periton, peritoneal
Peritoneum
42
Acro
Extremity, end
43
brachi/o
Arm
44
dactyl/o
Finger, toe
45
Ped/o
Foot
46
Pod/o
Foot
47
circum-
Around
48
peri-
Around
49
intra-
In, within
50
epi-
On, over
51
extra-
Outside
52
infra-
Below
53
sub-
Below, under
54
inter-
Between
55
juxta-
Near, beside
56
para-
Near, beside
57
retro-
Behind, backward
58
Supra-
above
59
frontal(coronal) plane
Separates body into anterior and posterior
60
sagittal plane
Divides body into right and left
61
transverse(horizontal) plane
Divides the body into superior(upper) and inferior(lower)
