Test 6 Flashcards
(164 cards)
1
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glandul/o
(glans, glandes)
A
glandule, gland
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aden/o
A
gland
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crin/o
-crine
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to secrete
4
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apic/o
(apex, apices)
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tip, summit, end
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hol/o
A
whole, entire
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mer/o
A
part, partial
7
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pine/o, pineal/o
A
pineal gland, pine cone
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thyr/o
thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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parathyroid/o
A
parathyroid gland
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pitui/o
pituitar/o
A
pituitary gland, hypophysis
11
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hypophys/o
(hypophysis)
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an undergrowth, pituitary gland
12
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pancreat/o
(pancreas, pancreata)
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pancreas
13
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thym/o
(thymus)
A
thymus gland
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ovari/o
(ovarium, ovaria)
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ovary
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oophor/o
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ovary
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test/o
testicul/o
(testis, testes)
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testicle, testes, witness
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orch/o
orchid/o
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testicle; orchid (the flower)
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gonad/o
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testicle or ovary
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adren/o
A
adrenal gland, suprarenal gland
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supraren/o
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suprarenal gland, adrenal gland
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cortic/o
(cortex, cortices)
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cortex, outer surface of and organ, bark
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medull/o
(medulla, medullae)
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medulla, marrow, inner part of an organ
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hormon/o
A
hormone
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-in
-ine
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hormone or chemical substance
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trop/o
hormone that stimulates something; a turn, turning, change
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troph/o
nourishment, growth
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ag/o
agog/o
-agogue
hormone that promotes something; leading forth, duct
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gest/o
ger/o
-ger
hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear
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poiet/o
-poiesis
hormone that stimulates the production/making of something (-poietin); to make or produce
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stat/o
hormone that inhibits/stops something (-statin); to stand or stop
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gen/o
-gen
hormone that produces something (-gen), become, produced, born
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kin/o
cin/o
-kinesis
-cinesis
hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action
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gynec/o
gyn/o
female, woman, pistil of a flower
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andr/o
male, man, stamen of flower
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liber/o
a hormone or chemical that releases another hormone (-liberin), to free
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estr/o
estrogen, estrus cycle (breeding period), sexual desire
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insul/o
(insula, insulae)
insulin, island
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gluc/o
glyc/o
sugar, glucose
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ton/o
a hormone that produces a healthy strength or tension (-tonin) of something; tension, stretching, tone (esp. in muscles)
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toc/o
labor, parturition
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gigant/o
giant, large
GIGA- is a prefix meaning a billion
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meg/o
megal/o
-megaly
large, enlargement
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nan/o
nann/o
dwarf, very small, one billionth
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cretin/o
cretinism
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mel/o
limb
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melit/o
mel/o
honey, sugar bees
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ur/o
-uria
urine
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orex/i
-orexia
appetite
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dips/o
thirst
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hirsut/o
hairy
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myx/o
mucus, slime
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priv/o
-privia
deprived of
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or/o
(os, ora)
mouth
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stomat/o
stom/o
(stoma, stomata)
mouth, outlet, opening
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dent/o
(dens, dentes)
tooth
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odont/o
tooth
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labi/o
(labium, labia)
lip
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cheil/o
chil/o
lip
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bucc/o
(bucca, buccae)
cheek
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mel/o
cheek
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lingu/o
(lingua, linguae)
tongue
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gloss/o
glott/o
-glot
tongue
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gingiv/o
(gingiva, gingivae)
gum
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oul/o
gum
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gnath/o
jaw
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maxill/o
(maxilla, maxillae)
maxilla
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mandibul/o
(mandibula, mandibulae)
mandible
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palat/o
(palatum, palata)
palate
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uvul/o
(uvula, uvulae)
uvula
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staphyl/o
uvula, staphlycoccus, bacteria, grape-like
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tonsill/o
(tonsilla, tonsillae)
tonsil
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splanchn/o
(splanchna)
viscera (internal organs enclosed in a cavity, particularly the abdominal cavity)
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esophag/o
(esophagus, esophagi)
esophagus
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gastr/o
-gaster
(gaster, gastres)
stomach, belly
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abdomin/o
(abdomen, abdomina)
abdomen
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lapar/o
abdomen
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coel/o
koil/o
cel/o
celi/o
-coele
-cele
abdomen, cavity, hollow
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omphal/o
(omphalos)
navel, umbilical cord
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hepat/o
hepar/o
(hepar, hepatia)
liver
HEPATIC/O = pertaining to the liver; hepatic vessels
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doch/o
duct, receptacle
CHOLEDOCH/O = bile duct
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duct/o
(ductus, ductus)
duct, to draw, lead, or convey
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vesic/o
vesicul/o
(vesica, vesicae) (vesicula, vesiculae)
bladder, blister
small blister, vesicle
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cyst/o
bladder, cyst, sac
CHOLECYST/O = gall bladder
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pancreat/o
(pancreas, pancreta)
pancreas
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hiat/o
(hiatus, hiatus)
an opening, gap (hiatus of the diaphragm)
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enter/o
(enteron)
intestine (usually small intestine)
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intestin/o
(intestinum, intestina)
intestine
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duoden/o
(duodenum, duodena)
doudenum (first part of the small intestine)
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jejun/o
(jejunum, jejuna)
jejunum (second portion of the small intestine)
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ile/o
(ileum, ilea)
ileum (third portion of the small intestine)
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cec/o
(cecum, ceca)
cecum (caecum)
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typhl/o
cecum (caecum), blindness
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append/o
appendic/o
(appendix, appendices)
appendix (something hanging onto another part/body)
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col/o
colon/o
(colon, cola)
colon
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sigmoid/o
(sigmoid)
sigmoid colon
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proct/o
anus and rectum
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an/o
(anus, ani)
anus
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rect/o
(rectum, recta)
straight, rectum (the straight terminal part of the colon, intestinum rectum "straight intestine")
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sphincter/o
(sphincter, sphincteres)
sphincter (ringlike muscle of an orifice)
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pyl/o
orifice, portal vein
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pylor/o
(pylorus, pylori)
pylorus (portion of stomach that empties into the duodenum)
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cardi/o
the cardiac sphincter, heart
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mesenter/o
(mesentery)
mesentery
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peritone/o
periton/o
(peritoneum, peritonea)
peritoneum
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oment/o
(omentum, omenta)
omentum
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aliment/o
(aliment)
food
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cib/o
food, meal
108
sit/o
food, grain
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fruct/o
fruit, fructose
110
carp/o
fruit
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lact/o
milk, lactose
112
galact/o
milk, galactose, galaxy
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gluc/o
glyc/o
sugar, glucose
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sacchar/o
sugar
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amyl/o
starch
116
prote/o
protein, first, primary
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albumin/o
(albumin)
albumin, protein
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lip/o
fat
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steat/o
fat, sebum
120
glutin/o
(gluten
sticky, adhesive, gluten
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zym/o
-zyme
enzyme, fermentation
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-ase
enzyme
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-ose
carbohydrate
124
phag/o
to swallow, eat
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vor/o
to devour, eat
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bol/o
(bolus)
mass of masticated food, lump, mass
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pept/o
peps/o
digestion
128
chol/e
bile
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bil/i
bile
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sial/o
saliva
131
saliv/o
(saliva)
saliva
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chym/o
(chyme)
chyme (nearly liquid mass of digested food)
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sterc/o
stercor/o
(stercus)
feces
134
corp/o
feces
135
scat/o
feces
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fec/o
(feces)
feces
137
-chezia
defication
138
excret-
(excreta)
defecation
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asc/o
(ascus, asci)
sac, saclike
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chalas/o
-chalasis
relaxation (of a sphincter), slack
141
emet/o
-emesis
(emisis)
vomiting
142
nause/o
naut/o
(nausea)
nausea, ship, sailor, sailing
143
-ptosis
(ptosis)
prolapse, downward displacement
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fistul/o
(fistula, fistulae)
fistula, tube, pipe-like
145
syring/o
-syrinx
(syrinx, syringes)
fistula, short tube, pipe-like
146
diverticul/o
(diverticulum, diverticula)
diverticulum (an outpouching of a structure, particularly an intestine)
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polyp/o
(polyp)
polyp
148
-cele
hernia, swelling, tumor
149
herni/o
(hernia)
hernia
150
cirrh/o
cirrhosis, yellow
151
icter/o
(icterus)
jaundice
152
volv/o
to roll
153
hemorrhoid/o
(hemorrhoid)
hemorrhoid, pile
154
flat/o
(flatus)
gas in the GI, to blow
155
halit/o
bad breath
156
ulcer/o
ulcer
157
aphth/o
ulcer of the mouth, thrush
(apatha, aphthae)
158
-clysis
(clysis, clyses)
washing, lavage
159
lav/o
lut/o
lot/o
washing
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enem/o
(enema)
enema
161
cathart/o
(catharsis, catharses)
evacuation (of the bowels)
162
lax/o
laxat/o
loosen, relax
163
plic/o
plicat/o
(plica, plicae)
to fold, a fold
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caus/o
caust/o
cauter/o
to burn, burnt
