Chapter 5 Key Terminology Flashcards
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peri-
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Surrounding, around
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re-
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back, backward, again
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exo-
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outside
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ana-
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up, apart, away
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dia-
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through, complete
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mal-
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bad, poor
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-stalsis
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contraction
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-id
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pertaining to
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-crine
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to secrete
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-kinin
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movement substance
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-pepsia
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digestion condition
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-rrhea
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discharge, flow
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-chezia
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condition of stools
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-stenosis
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condition of narrowing
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-tresia
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condition of an opening
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-plakia
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condition of patches
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-occlusion
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condition of closure
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-flux
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flow
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-chalasia
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condition of relaxing
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-phagia
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condition of swallowing, eating
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-algia
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pain
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-iasis
condition, presence of
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-genic
pertaining to produced by
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-carcinoma
cancerous tumour
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-graphy
process of recording
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-scopy
process of viewing, visual examination
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-metry
process of measuring
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-opsy
process of viewing
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-occult
secret
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-ation
process of
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-rrhaphy
suture
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-stomy
new opening
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-logist
one who specializes in the study of
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*abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o
abdomen
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*gastr/o
stomach
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adnex/o
accessory
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an/o
anus
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*Proct/o
anus and rectum
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*appendic/o, append/o
appendix
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*chol/e, bil/i
bile, gall (substance that helps to emulsify or break down fat - made in the liver, stored in the gallbladder)
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cholangi/o
bile vessel
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*choledoch/o
common bile duct
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*cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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*pancreat/o
pancreas
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bol/o
bolus
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cec/o
cecum (1st part of the large intestine)
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*col/o, colon/o
colon, large intestine
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*sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon (S-shaped part of the large intestine)
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corpor/o
corporis, body
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*duoden/o
duodenum (1st part of the small intestine)
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*jejun/o
jejunum (2nd part of the small intestine)
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*ile/o
ileum (3rd part of the small intestine)
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*enter/o
small intestine
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intestin/o
intestines
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*cheil/o, labi/o
lips
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*or/o, stom/o, stomat/o
mouth, oral cavity
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nas/o, rhin/o
nose
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*gingiv/o
gums
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aliment/o
nutrition
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plic/o
fold, plica
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rug/o
rugae (ridges in the stomach)
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fund/o
fundus
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*pylor/o
pylorus (distal end of the stomach)
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*hepat/o
liver
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lob/o
lobe
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*mandibul/o
lower jaw
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*maxill/o
upper jaw
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*dent/i, odont/o
teeth
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*uval/o
uvula (tag of flesh that hangs from the soft palate)
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*pharynxg/o
throat, pharynx
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*esophag/o
esophagus (tube that leads to the stomach)
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fec/a
feces
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lipid/o, lip/o
fat
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lumin/o
lumen
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vill/o
villus (finger like projections that line the small intestines to absorb nutrients)
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prosth/o
addition
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*laryng/o
larynx, voice box
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*palat/o
palate
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bucc/o
cheek
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*gloss/o lingu/o
tongue
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*sial/o
saliva
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*sial/o
saliva
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*sialaden/o
salivary gland
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mucos/o, myx/o
mucus, mucosa
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ped/o
child
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orth/o
straight
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*diaphragmat/o, phren/o
diaphram
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cholesterol/o
cholesterol
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amyl/o
starch
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*halit/o
breath
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*melan/o
black, dark
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*pyr/o
fire
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aphth/o
ulceration
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leuk/o
white
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py/o
pus
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diverticul/o
diverticulum (abnormal outpouches from colon)
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*periton/o
peritoneum (lining of the abdomen)
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*lith/o
stones
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cirrh/o
orange-yellow
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femor/o
femur
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hiat/o
an opening
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inguin/o
groin
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umbilic/o
umbilicus
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cyst/o
bladder/sac
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aden/o
gland
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plas/o
formation
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squam/o
scaly
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cellul/o
cell
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tom/o
section, cutting
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*son/o
sound
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man/o
scanty pressure
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*hem/o, hemat/o
blood
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Melena
Black, tarry stools
