Unit 9 Flashcards
(114 cards)
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achromophilic
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resisting color (stain)
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aerobic
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requiring air to live
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aerocele
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herniation containing air
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aerophobia
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abnormal fear of air
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aerotherapy
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treatment using air
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amenorrhea
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without menstruation
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anaerobic
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able to live without air
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anterolateral
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front and side
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anteromedial
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front and middle
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anteroposterior
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from front to back
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anterosuperior
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front and top
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arteriostasis
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control of flow through arteries
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axillary
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underarm, arm pit
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bioethics
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study of what is good and bad for living things
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biology
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study of living things
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blastoderm
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immature skin cell
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caudad
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toward the tail/ sacrum
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cephalad
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toward the head
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cephalocaudal
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from head to toe
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chondrodysplasia
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difficult/painful development of cartilage
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chromogenesis
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formation of color
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chromolysis
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destruction of color
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chromometer
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measuring color
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chromophilic
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attracting color (stain)
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coronal
pertaining to the crown or encircling
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coronary
pertaining to the crown or encircling (around the heart)
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diagnosis
identifying a disease
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dialysis
separating substances in solution
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diarrhea
abnromally loose watery bowel movement
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distal
away from point of origin
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dorsal
back/posterior
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dorsocephalad
toward the back of the head
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dysentery
painful condition of the small instestine
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dysmenorrhea
difficult or painful menstruation
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dyspepsia
difficult digestion
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dyspnea
difficulty breathing
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dystocia
difficulty in labor
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ectocytic
outisde the cell
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ectoderm
outer embryonic layer
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ectogenous
formed outside the body
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ectopic
outside of the normal location
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ectoplasm
outer membrane of the cell
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endocardium
inner membrane layer of the heart
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endochondral
within the cartilage
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endocolitis
inflammation of th elining of the colon
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endocystic
inside the urinary bladder
47
endoderm
inner embryonic layer
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endoenteritis
inflammation of the lining of the small intestine
49
endogenous
made by one's own body
50
endoscopy
process of using a scope to look into the body
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eugenics
choosing good genetic traits to propagate
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eupepsia
good digestion
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eupnea
easy breathing
54
euthanasia
easy death
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eutocia
easy labor
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hemostasis
control blood flow
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hyperplasia
overdevelopment (too many cells)
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hypoplasia
underdevelopment (too few cells)
59
inferior
below
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lateral
side
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lithotripsy
surgical crushing of a stone
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lymphostasis
control or stoppage of lymph flow
63
medial
middle
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menopause
cessation of menstruation
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menorrhagia
flow during menstruation
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menses
menstruation
67
mesoderm
middle germ layer
68
midaxillary
middle of the armpit
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midsagittal
the plane dividing the body into equal right and left halves
70
neurotripsy
surgical crushing of a nerve
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omphalectomy
excision of the umbilicus
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omphalic
pertaining to the umbilicus
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omphalitis
inflammation of the umbilicus
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omphalocele
umbilical herniation
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omphalorrhagia
discharge from the umbilicus
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osteochondrodysplasia
painful development of the bone and cartilage
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para-appendicitis
inflammation near the appendix
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paracentral
pertaining to near the center
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paracolpitis
inflammation near the vagina
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paracystitis
inflammation near the urinary bladder
81
parahepatitis
inflammation near the liver
82
paranephritis
inflammation near the kidney
83
parietal
pertaining to the wall
84
peritoneum
membrane of the abdomen
85
phlebostasis
control of flow through a vein
86
pleura
membrane of the lungs
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posteroanterior
from back to front
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posteroexternal
back and outside
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posterointernal
back and inside
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posterolateral
back and side
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procephalic
in front of the head
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prognosis
predicting the outcome of a disease
93
prognostic
pertaining to predicting the outcome of a disease
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proximal
near the point of origin
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pseudocyesis
false pregnancy
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pseudocyst
false cyst
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pseudoedema
false swelling
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pseudoesthesia
false sensation
99
retrocolic
behind the large intestine
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retroflexion
bending/flexing backward
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retroperitoneum
behind the peritoneum
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retroperitonitis
inflammation of the area behind the peritoneum
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retrosternal
behind the sternum
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retroversion
twisting/turning backward
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sagittal
vertical plane or slice, divides into left and right
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signs
objective observable information
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superior
above
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symptoms
subjective self-reported information
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syphilophobia
abnormal fear of syphilis
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syphilopsychosis
severe mental condition caused by untreated syphilis
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syphilotherapy
treatment for syphilis
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ventral
front
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viscera
organs
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visceropleura
membrane surrounding and attached to the lung
