CLST 301 - 11 Flashcards
Urinary, Endocrine, and Lymphatic Systems (84 cards)
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Q
cyst-
L) vesic-
A
sac; cyst; bladder
2
Q
nephr-
ren-
A
kidney
3
Q
pyel-
A
renal pelvis; urine reservoir in kidney [which
passes urine to ureter]
4
Q
ur-
urin-
A
urine; urinary tract; urination
5
Q
ureter-
A
ureter; tube carrying urine from kidney to
bladder
6
Q
urethr-
A
urethra; tube carrying urine from bladder to
outside the body
7
Q
uric-
A
uric acid
8
Q
aden-
A
gland; lymph node
9
Q
adren-
A
adrenal gland
10
Q
hormon-
A
hormone
11
Q
G) amygdal-*
tonsill-
[See Mod. 12, amygdal-]
A
tonsil
12
Q
lymph-
A
lymph
13
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lymphatic-
A
lymphatic system; lymphatic duct
14
Q
por-
A
pore; passage
15
Q
splen-
lien-
A
spleen
16
Q
adip-
lip-
steat-
A
fat
17
Q
seb-
A
sebum; fatty secretion [of the sebaceous
gland]
18
Q
crin-
A
secretion
19
Q
eme-
A
vomit
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hidr-
A
sweat
21
Q
hist-
A
tissue [of an animal or plant]
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hygr-
A
moisture
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onc-
A
tumour; a swelling; abnormal mass
24
Q
py-
A
pus
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G) tox- / toxic- / toxon-
| L) ven-* / venen- / venom-
poison [See Mod. 8, ven-]
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zym-
enzyme; fermentation
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aeti-
| eti-
cause
28
antr-
antrum; cavity
29
aux-
increase
30
bar-
| bary-
weight; pressure
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carcin-
cancer; cancerous [adjective]
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G) chron-
time
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drom-
a running; flow
34
dynam-
power
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helc-
ulceration
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hypn-
| somn-
sleep
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icter-
jaundice
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kinemat-
kinesi-
kinema-
movement
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later-*
| [See Mod. 2, later-]
side
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sept-*
saept-
[See Mod. 8, sept-]
septum [a wall that divides two cavities]
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Adj) all-
Adj) other; another; divergent; alternating
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Adj) anis-
Adj) unequal
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Adj) atel-
Adj) incomplete
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Adj) atret-
Adj) without an opening (to an organ/structure)
45
Adj) brachy- [no c. v.]
Adj) short
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Adj) brady- [no c. v. ]
Adj) slow
47
Adj) idi-
Adj) individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown
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Adj)
is-
equ- ["i"]
Adj) equal
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Adj) lept-
Adj) thin
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Adj) macr-
Adj) large; long
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Adj) megal-
Adj) large
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Adj) mes-
Adj) middle
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Adj) micr-
Adj) small
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Adj) olig-
Adj) few; small; scanty
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Adj) orth-
Adj) straight; normal; correct
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Adj) oxy-* [no c. v.]
| [See Mod. 6, oxy-]
Adj) acute; swift; sharp; sour
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Adj) pachy- [no c. v. ]
Adj) thick
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Adj) pale-
Adj) old; ancient
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Adj) poikil-
Adj) mottled; varied; irregular
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Adj)
prosth-
prosthet-
Adj) artificial
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Adj)
| prot-
Adj) earliest; first
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Adj) pseud-
Adj) false; imaginary
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Adj)
schist-
schiz-
Adj) split
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Adj)
| scirrh-
Adj) hard [adjective]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]
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Adj)
| scoli-
Adj) crooked; laterally curved
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Adj)
| sten-
Adj) narrow; constricted
67
Adj)
tach-
tachy- [no c. v.]
Adj) rapid
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Adj)
| xen-
Adj) strange; foreign [adjectives]; foreigner [noun]
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Adj)
xer-
sicc-
Adj) dry
70
-agogue
T) agent used to induce (an action);
agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue);
agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body)
71
anti- ... -agogue
T) agent used to suppress (an
action); agent used to suppress the flow (of a
substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent
used to suppress the expulsion (of a foreign
body)
72
- auxe
- auxis
- auxesis
T) enlargement
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-crine
T) secretion
74
-elcosis
T) ulceration (of an organ or structure)
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-emesis
T) vomiting (of a substance)
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-emetic
T) causing vomiting (of a substance)
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-emphraxis
T) obstruction
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-lepsy
T) seizure
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- phyma
| - phymata [pl.]
T) a swelling
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-pore
T) pore; passage
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-toxin
T) substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue);
| poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)
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anti- ... -toxin
T) agent used to oppose the
substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue);
agent used to oppose poisonous substance
present in (a plant or life form)
83
-uria
T) urination; presence of (a substance) in the
| urine; (abnormal) condition of the urine
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a- ... -uria
T) absence of (a substance) in the urine
