Test 1 Flashcards
(43 cards)
1
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aden/o
A
gland
2
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carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
3
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cephal/o
A
head
4
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
5
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crin/o
A
to secrete
6
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encephal/o
A
brain
7
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enter/o
A
intestines (usually the small intestine)
8
Q
erythr/o
A
red
9
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hemat/o, hem/o
A
blood
10
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hepat/o
A
liver
11
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iatr/o
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(due to) treatment, physician
12
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nephr/o
A
kidney
13
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neur/o
A
nerves
14
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onc/o
A
tumor (cancerous)
15
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ophthalm/o
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eye
16
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path/o
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disease
17
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ren/o
A
kidney
18
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rhin/o
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nose
19
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sarc/o
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flesh
20
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sect/o
A
clot, clotting
21
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-emia
A
blood condition
22
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-genic
A
pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in
23
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-ion
A
process
24
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-oma
A
tumor, mass, swelling
25
-osis
condition, usually abnormally higher
26
-pathy
disease condition
27
-sis
state of; condition
28
cavity of the back side of the body
dorsal cavity
29
cavity of the body that contains the brain
cranial
30
cavity of the torso that houses the organs of the cardiovascular/respiratory system
thoracic
31
cavities of the front of the body
ventral
32
cavity that houses the spinal cord
spinal cavity
33
Combination of the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity
abdominopelvic
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tissue that makes up fat, cartilage, bone, blood, collogen, keratin
connective
35
tissue that covers all internal and external surfaces
epithelial tissue
36
tissue that has the ability to shorten/contract in order to produce movement of the body parts
muscle tissue
37
tissue that receives stimuli and sends signals to the nervous system
nerve tissue
38
What separates the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity?
The diaphragm
39
plane that separates the body into the top half and the bottom half
transverse plane
40
plane that separates the body into two frontal halves
sagittal plane
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plane that separates the body into a front and back half
coronal plane
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cavity that houses frontal body cavities
ventral
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cavity that houses the back cavities
dorsal
