Chapter 7 Key Terminology Flashcards
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circum-
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around
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crypt-
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hidden
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non-
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not
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trans-
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through, across
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en-
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in
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par-
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near
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-ferous
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pertaining to carrying
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-genesis
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production, origin
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-plasia
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formation
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-cision
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process of cutting
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-spadias
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a rent or tear
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-stomy
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new opening
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-one
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substance that forms
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-ia
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condition
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-ism
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condition
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-cele
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herniation, protrusion
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-pexy
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fixation
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andr/o
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male
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gonad/o
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gonad (sex organ)
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test/o, testicul/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, orch/o
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testis, testicle
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sperm/o, spermat/o (gametes = sex cells)
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spermatozoon
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scrot/o
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scrotum
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semin/i
semen (sperm + glandular secretions)
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epididym/o
epididymis (coiled tubes at the posterior part of the testis that stores sperm as it matures)
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vas/o
vas deferens, ductus deferens (narrow tube in the male reproductive system that carries sperm from the epididymis towards the urethra – one tube per testis)
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vesicul/o
seminal vesicles (accessory glands that nourish the sperm and make up most of the content of semen)
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prostat/o
prostate
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urethr/o
urethra (the tube that leads from the bladder to the outside of the body)
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pen/i, phall/o
penis
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balan/o
glans penis (enlarged tip of the penis)
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preputi/o
prepuce, foreskin (the fold of skin that covers the glans penis)
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coitus
sexual intercourse
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chord/o
cord
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zo/o
animal
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gynec/o
female
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hydr/o
water, fluid
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olig/o
scanty
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varic/o
varices (swollen, twisted veins)
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gon/o
seed
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aden/o
gland
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digit/o
digit (finger or toe)
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rect/o
rectum
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plethysm/o
volume
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son/o
sound
