Unit 10 Flashcards
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en-
A
inside; put in or on (note additional new meaning)
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-ative
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word ending that turns a verb into an adjective
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-istry
A
the practice of studying
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- phony
A
sound making
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-tripsy
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rubbing, friction, pounding
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absorption
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taking up nutrients
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acid
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a chemical that gives off hydrogen ions
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aden
A
gland
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aero
A
air
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agog
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causing secretion
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agon
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main actor, ddriver
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aliment
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food
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amel
A
covering
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amyl
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chemical name for starch
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an/o
anus
proct
proct/o
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anus
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acites
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abdominal swelling
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bar
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weight, pressure
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bile
bil
bil/i
chole
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bile
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bladder
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bladder
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bucca
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cheek
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canal
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canal
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carboxyl
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chemical group name
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carcin
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cancer
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cardia
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heart
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cathar/t
purge
26
cauda
tail
27
cec(um)
dead-end pouch between ileocecal valve andn appendix
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celi
celi/o
bowels
29
cement
cement
30
chondr
cartilage
31
chyme/o
liquid formed in the intestine from partially digested food
32
cirrh
inflammation of connective tissue
33
clast
breakdown
34
col
col/o
colon
colon/o
colon
35
constipa
crowded together, as feces in the intestines
36
cyte
cell
37
decidu
destined to fall
38
deglutition
swallowing
39
dent/i
dont
odont/o
tooth
40
digest
digest
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diverticul
pocket
42
docho
common bile duct
43
duoden/o
first segment of the small instestines (of three)
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elast
elastic
45
emesis
vomiting
46
enter/o
instestine
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esophag/o
tube between the mouth and the stomach
48
falc
sickle (shape)
49
feces
feces
50
filum
thread
51
fist
abnormal opening between two spaces
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flatus
fart
53
flux
flow
54
folium
leaf
55
frice
substance used for scrubbing
56
fungi
fungi
57
gall
bile
58
gastr/o
stomach
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ghrel
"growth hormone releasing" acronym
60
gingiv/o
gums
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gloss/o
ling/u
toungue
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gluc/glyc
sugar
63
haustrum
small pouch that makes large intestine look segmented
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hepat
liver
65
hepatic/o
hapatic duct
66
hernia
abnormal outpocketing of an organ
67
icterus
jaundice
68
il/e/o
il/i
the third and last segment in the small intestines
69
insula
island; the hormone insulin, made in pancreatic islets
70
intestin
intestine
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islet
small island of tissue in the pancreas
72
jejun
the second segment of the in the small intestines
73
jug(are)
join
74
kin
move
75
labia
lips
76
lact
milk
77
lamina propria
"one's own layer" one of the histological layers of the digestive tract
78
lapar/o
flank, loin
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lip
fat
80
liver
liver
81
lob(e)
lobe
82
lumb
lower back
83
lyso
breakdown
84
macro
large
85
mes(os)
in the middle
86
mucosa
layer of tissue with mucus-secreting cells
87
muscular
muscular
88
myo
muscle
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myc
fungus
90
naso
nose
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occlus(us)
position of teeth with mouth closed
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or
mouth
93
otis
ear
94
oxy
oxygen
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pancr/e/at/o
pancreas
96
pariet
the outer wall of the two walled membranes around body organs
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peps/in/o
peptid
digestion
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periton
periton/eo
membrane lining the abdominal cavity
99
pernicies
gradual harm
100
phag
eat
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plicae
circulares
"circular pleats" folds in the intestinal membrane
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propuls
movement driven by muscular action
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pylor
region of the stomach where it meets the duodenum
104
quadrate
four-sided
105
redct/o
final segment of large intestine
106
rub/er
red
107
saliva
sial/o
saliva
108
scend
climb (up or down)
109
scleros
hard
110
secretion
release from a cell or the body
111
segment
segment
112
serosa
membrane lining the contents of the abdominal cavity
113
sigma
greek letter which resembles the english letter "s"
114
sigmoid/o
shaped like the letter s
115
splen
spleen
116
stalsis
contraction
117
steato
fatty matter
118
sten
blockage
119
sterco
feces
120
stomat
mouth
121
sucre
sugar
122
taenia
genus of tapeworms
123
trich
hair
124
trypsin
digestive enzyme, one of the earliest enzymes discovered
125
ulcer
open sore
126
umblic
chord conencting the placenta to the baby
127
vagin
infolded body part
128
vallate
like a moat
129
verd
green
130
vermis
worm
131
villus
small, hair like feautre of the intestines surface
132
vita
related to life
133
voluntus
of one's free will
134
zyme
ending of the word enzyme
