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Tachy
The combining form of the word meaning fast or rapid
Systole
The rhythmic contraction of the heart muscle
Thrombus
A blood clot formed in a vessel or in a heart chamber
Trochanter
One or more bony projections of the proximal end of the femur
SYNCYTIUM
A SINGLE MASS FORMED FROM THE MERGING CELLS
SYNAPSE
THR JUNCTION WITH A NERVE CELL, SENSORY RECEPTOR CELL, OR EFFECTOR CELL
STIMULUS
ANYTHING EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL, CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL THAT CAN CAUSE A RESPONSE TO AN ORGAN, SYSTEM, OR ORGANISM.
STENOSIS
A NARROWING OF A CANAL OR VESSEL
SPHINCTER
A CIRCULAR ARRANGEMENT OF MUSCLE FIBERS THAT FUNCTION TO CLOSE A LUMEN OR AN ORIFICE
SERUM
THE CLEAR FLUID OBTAINED WHEN THE ERYTHROCYTES AND FIBRIN CLOT ARE REMOVED FROM THE BLOOD SAMPLE
SEROUS
PERTAINING TO SERUM OR A WATERY CONSISTANCY
RUMINATION
THE PROCESS OF REGURGITATING THE FOOD, CHEWING THE CUD, AND RE-SWALLOWING IT
RESPIRATION
BREATHING; TAKING OXYGEN INTO THE LUNGS AND EXHALING CARBON DIOXIDE
REFLEX
AN INVOLUNTARY RESPONSE OF A PART TO A STIMULUS
POLYCYTHEMIA
THE PRESENCE OF AN ABNORMALLY HIGH NUMBER OF ERYTHROCYTES IN THE CIRCULATING BLOOD
PLEXUS
A NETWORK OF INTERCONNECTING NERVES OR BLOOD VESSELS
PLASMA
THE FLUID PORTION OF THE CIRCULATING BLOOD IN WHICH THE CELLULAR ELEMENTS ARE SUSPENDED
PHAGOCYTE
A CELL THAT CAN ENGULF OR DEVOUR BACTERIA, FOREIGN MATTER, OR OTHER CELLS
PAPILLAE
A SMALL PROTRUSION OR PROCESS
ORIFICE
ANY OPENING
LEUKOPENIA
A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LEUKOCYTES IN THE CIRCULATING BLOOD
LEUKEMIA
AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LEUKOCYTES IN THE CIRCULATING BLOOD
LAMENESS
DISEASE OR INJURY TO THE LIMB RESULTING IN PAIN AND AN ABNORMAL GAIT
INTRINSIC
BELONGING NATURALLY TO A PART OR INDIVIDUAL
INTERSTITIAL
PERTAINING TO A SPACE IN TISSUES OR BETWEEN STRUCTURES OR CELLS
INSPIRATION
BREATHING IN; INHALATION
HYPOXIA
PARTIAL LACK OF OXYGEN
HYPERTROPHY
INCREASE IN SIZE OF TISSUE OR AN ORGAN DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE CELLS
HYPERPLASIA
OVER DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE OR AN ORGAN THAT RESULTS IN A LARGER MASS OF TISSUE OR A LARGER ORGAN, AND INVOLVES MORE THAN THE USUAL NUMBER OF CELLS
HYDROLYSIS
THE ADDITION OF WATER IN A CHEMICAL REACTION RESULTING IM THE SPLITTING OF A COMPOUND INTO SMALLER UNITS
HORMONE
A SUBSTANCE FORMED IN AN ORGAN OR A PART OF AN ORGAN THAT IS CARRIED BY THE BLOOD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY WHERE IT CAN EGGECT CHANGES IN FUNCTION OR STRUCTURE OF THE OTHER PART
HOMEOSTASIS
THE CONDITION OF THE BODY IN WHICH ALL FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING TEMPERATURE, FLUID BALANCE, BLOOD PRESSURE, ETC. ARE IN BALANCE
HIATUS
AN OPENING OF FORAMEN
HILUS
THE POINT OF THE ORGAN WHERE NERVES AND BLOOD VESSELS ENTER AND EXIT
HEMOCONCENTRATION
A DECREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF PLASMA IN THE CIRCULATING BLOOD RESULTING IN A CONCENTRATION OF ERYTHROCYTES
FULMINATING
QUICK, SEVERE
FOUNDER (LAMINITIS)
IN HORSES, INFLAMMATION, AND DEGENERATION OF THE SENSITIVE AND HORNY LAMINA OF THE HOOF
FORAMEN
AN OPENING OR HOLE IN A BONE OR MEMBRANE THROUGH WHICH PASSES NERVES AND BLOOD VESSELS
EXTRINSIC
BEING OUTSIDE THE NATURE OF SOMETHING
EXSANGUINATION
REMOVAL OF BLOOD, ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF SLAUGHTER
EXPIRATION
BREATHING OUT
EUTHANASIA
TO INDUCE DEATH BY A PAINLESS METHOD USUALLY BY INJECTION OF A CONCENTRATED ANESTHETIC AGENT
ERUCTATE
TO BELCH
ENTRAILS
The visceral organs
ENDO-, END-
A PREFIX MEANING INDIDE OR WITHIN
EXO-
A PREFIX MEANING OUTER OR OUTWARD
EPI-
A PREFIX MEANING UPON OR SUBSEQUENT TO
EMBOLUS
A CLOT OF BLOOD OR OTHER MATERIAL THAT OBSTRUCTS A BLOOD VESSEL
EFFERENT
CONDUCTING AWAY FROM THE CENTER
DIGESTION
THE PROCESS BY WHICH INGESTED FOOD IS BROKEN DOWN AND PREPARED FOR ASSIMILATION (make as part of the system)
DIASTOLE
THE PERIOD IN THE COMPLETE HEART BEAT WHEN THE HEART MUSCLE RELEASES AND THE CHAMBERS FILL WITH BLOOD
DERMIS
THE LAYER OF SKIN THAT LIES BELOW THE EPIDERMIS. CONTAINS BLOOD VESSELS, NERVES, GLANDS, AND HAIR FOLLICLES
CUSP
A POINT AT WHICH TWO BRANCHES OF A CURVE MEETS AND ENDS WITH A COMMON TANGENT
CREPITATION
THE NOISE OR VIBRATION THAT OCCURS WHEN THE ENDS OF A BROKEN BONE RUB TOGETHER
CONDYLE
A ROUND PROMINENCE AT THE END OF A BONE
COLLOID
ANY GLUE-LIKE OR JELLY-LIKE SUBSTANCE AS GELATIN, STARCH, RAW EGG, ETC. THAT DIFFUSES NOT AT ALL OR VERY SLOWLY THROUGH VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL MEMBRANES
CHYME
THE PARTIALLY DIGESTED FOOD MASS THAT PASSES FROM THE STOMACH TO THE DUODENUM
BRADY
THE COMBING FORM OF THE WORD MEANING SLOW
ASTROPHY
THE WASTING OF MUSCLE IR OTER ORGAN TISSUES DUE TO DISEASE, LACK OF USE, MALNUTRITION OR POOR CIRCULATION
ALIMENTARY
PERTAINING TO FOOD OR NUTRITION
APEX
THE EXTREMITY OR NARROWEST PORTION OF A CONICAL ORGAN
ANTHROPOMORPHISM
THE ATTRIBUTION OF HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS OR FORM TO NON-HUMAN ANIMALS OR OBJECTS
ANOXIA
TOTAL LACK OF OXYGEN
ANEMIA
A CONDITION IN WHICH THE NUMBER OF ERYTHROCYTES, OR HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT OF ERYTHROCYTES IS BELOW NORMAL (low oxygen carrying capacity of blood)
ANALGESTIC
A SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES THE LOSS OF PAIN WITHOUT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
AMBIENT
REFERRING TO SURROUNDINGS OR ENVIRONMENT
