Session 14: Death, Decay, Wasting, Growth

Question 1

apoptosis (root)

Answer 1

falling off

Question 2

apoptosis (term)

Answer 2

programmed normal death of cells

Question 3

cadaver

Answer 3

dead body

Question 4

caries (root)

Answer 4

dry rot

Question 5

caries (term)

Answer 5

decay of teeth (or bone)

Question 6

gangraina

Answer 6

gnawing

Question 7

gangrene

Answer 7

death and decay of body tissue, usually from lack of blood supply

Question 8

morto-

Answer 8

death

Question 9

mortality

Answer 9

death rate

Question 10

necro-

Answer 10

dead

Question 11

necrosis

Answer 11

death of cells from injury or disease

Question 12

necropsy

Answer 12

examination and dissection of an animals body to determine the cause of death (Note: in humans, this is called an autopsy)

Question 13

sapros

Answer 13

putrid

Question 14

saprophyte

Answer 14

an organism (bacteria or fungus) that lives on or in dead or decaying organic material

Question 15

sepsis

Answer 15

putrefaction (process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter)

Question 16

septic

Answer 16

relating to disease-causing organisms

Question 17

septicemia

Answer 17

disease-causing organisms in the bloodstream (blood poisoning)

Question 18

sequestrum

Answer 18

to put aside

Question 19

sequestrum (term)

Answer 19

a fragment of dead tissue displaced from its origin and healthy tissue (usually a bone fragment from an injury)

Question 20

tabes

Answer 20

wasting

Question 21

diabetic tabes

Answer 21

wasting from uncontrolled diabetes mellitus

Question 22

tapho-

Answer 22

grave

Question 23

taphophilia

Answer 23

love of funerals or graves

Question 24

taphophobia

Answer 24

fear of graveyards

Question 25

zoe

Answer 25

life

Question 26

azotemia

Answer 26

an excess of protein waste products (urea) in the bloodstream from kidney failure (literally “no life in bloodstream”)

Question 27

neo-

Answer 27

new

Question 28

neonatal

Answer 28

newly born

Question 29

neoplasm

Answer 29

newly (uncontrolled) growth (cancer)

Question 30

onco-

Answer 30

growth, tumor

Question 31

oncology

Answer 31

study of tumors

Question 32

-physis

Answer 32

growth

Question 33

diaphysis

Answer 33

shaft of a long bone

Question 34

epiphysis

Answer 34

end of a long bone

Question 35

hypophysis

Answer 35

“lower growth” (pituitary gland that grows off the base of the brain)

Question 36

-plasm

Answer 36

formed

Question 37

neoplasm

Answer 37

new growth, newly formed

Question 38

cytoplasm

Answer 38

the contents of a cell outside the nucleus

Question 39

sporo-

Answer 39

seed

Question 40

spore

Answer 40

a single sell reproductive body that is highly resistant to damage by drying and heat

Question 41

vivi-

Answer 41

life

Question 42

viviparous

Answer 42

giving birth to live offspring (not eggs in shells)

Question 43

vivisection

Answer 43

cutting into live animals