Ch 2 Body Structure Flashcards
Cytogenic
Producing cells
Cytoid
Resembling a cell
Cytology
Study of cells
Cytoplasm
Cell sunstance
Dysplasia
Abnormal development
Epithelial
Pertaining to epithelium
Erythromycin (RBC)
Red (blood) cell
Erythrocytosis
Increase in the number of red (blood) cells
Histology
Study of tissue
Hyperplasia
Excessive development (number of cells)
Hypoplasia
Incomplete development (of and organ or tissue)
Karyocyte
Cell with a nucleus
Karyoplasm
Substance of a nucleus
Leukocyte (WBC)
White (blood) cell
Leukocytosis
Increase in the number of white (blood) cells
Lipoid
Resembling fat
Myopathy
Disease of the muscle
Neuroid
Resembling a nerve
Organomegaly
Enlargement of an organ
Somatic
Pertaining to the body
Somatogenic
Originating in the body (organic as opposed to psychogenic)
Somatopathy
Disease of the body
Somatoplasm
Body substance
Systemic
Pertaining to a (body) system (or the body as a whole)
Visceral
Pertaining to the internal organs