chapter 4 Flashcards
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carp/o
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wrist bones
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cib/o
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meals
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cis/o
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to cut
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cost/o
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rib
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cutane/o
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skin
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dactyl/o
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fingers, toes
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duct/o
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to lead, carry
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flex/o
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to bend
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furc/o
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forking, branching
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gloss/o
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tongue
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glyc/o
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sugar
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immun/o
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protection
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morph/o
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shape, form
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mort/o
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death
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nat/i
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birth
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nect/o
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to bind, tie, connect
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norm/o
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rule, order
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pub/o
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pubis; anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
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seps/o
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infection
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somn/o
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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the/o
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to put, place
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thel/o
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nipple
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thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield-shape
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top/o
place, position, location
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tox/o
poison
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trache/o
windpipe, trachea
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urethr/o
urethra
30
-blast
embryonic, immature
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-crine
to secrete
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-cyesis
pregnancy
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-drome
to run
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-fusion
coming together; to pour
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-gen
substance that produces
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-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
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-meter
to measure
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-mission
to send
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-or
one who
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-partum
birth, labor
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-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling
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-physis
to grow
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-plasia
development, formation, growth
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-plasm
structure or formation
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-pnea
breathing
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-ptosis
falling, dropping, prolapse
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
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-stasis
stopping, controlling
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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a-, an-
no, not, without
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ab-
away from
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ad-
toward
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ana-
up, apart
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ante-
before, forward
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anti-
against
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auto-
self, own
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bi-
two
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brady-
slow
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cata-
down
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con-
with, together
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contra-
against, opposite
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de-
down, lack of
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dia-
through, complete
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dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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ec-, ecto-
out, outside
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en-, endo-
in, within
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epi-
upon, on, above
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eu-
good, normal
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ex-
out, outside, away from
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hemi-
half
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hyper-
excessive, above
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hypo-
deficient, under
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in-
not
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in-
into, within
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infra-
beneath, under
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inter-
between
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intra-
in, within, into
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macro-
large
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mal-
bad
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meta-
beyond, change
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micro-
small
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neo-
new
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pan-
all
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para-
abnormal, beside, near
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per-
through
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peri-
surrounding
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poly-
many, much
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post-
after, behind
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pre-
before, in front of
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pro-
before, forward
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pseudo-
false
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re-
back, again
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retro-
behind, backward
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sub-
under
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supra-
above, upper
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syn-, sym-
together, with
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tachy-
fast
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trans-
across, through
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ultra-
beyond, excess
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uni-
one
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adrenal glands
endocrine glands located above each kidney. secrete adrenaline
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antigen
usually a foreign substance, stimulates the production of antibodies.
104
antibodies
protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens.
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vaccine
dead or weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies.
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Rh condition
rh positive has a protein coating antigen on his or her red blood cells.
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HDN hemolytic disease of the newborn
when the mother has Rh positive baby and she is negative.
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autoimmune disease
the body makes antibodies against its own good cells and tissues, causing inflammation and injury.
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rheumatoid arthritis
autoimmune disease affecting joints
110
systemic lupus erythematosus
autoimmune disease affecting connective tissues, skin, and internal organs
111
graves disease
hyperthyroidism, autoimmune disease
112
congenital anomaly
webbed fingers or toes (syndactyly), heart defects,
113
ipsilateral
located on the same side
114
ectopic pregnancy
the zygote develops outside the uterus, most often within the fallopian tube.
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prolapses
slides forward or downward
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recombinant DNA technology
process of taking a gene from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism.
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PCR, polymerase chain reaction
method of producing multiple copies of a single gene, which is an important tool in recombinant DNA technology
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syndactyly
congenital anomaly marked by fusion of fingers or toes
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syndrome
group of signs or symptoms that appear together to produce a typical clinical picture of a disease or inherited abnormality.
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reye syndrome
characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver.
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fetal alcohol syndrome
affects infants whose mothers consumed excessive amounts of alcohol during pregnancy.
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marfan syndrome
inherited CT disorder marked by a tall, thin body type with long, spidery fingers and toes, elongated head, and heart, blood vessel, and opthalmic abnormalities
123
symbiosis
two organisms living together in close association, either for mutual benefit or not.
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parasitism
another example of symbiosis, occurs when one organism benefits and the other does not.
125
symphysis
a joint in which the bony surfaces are firmly united by a layer of fibrocartilage.
126
transurethral
a portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through the urethra.
127
ultrasonography
diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue.
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echocardiograms
ultrasound images of the heart
