CH. 2: Body Structure Terms

Question 1

cytogenic

Answer 1

producing cells

Question 2

cytology

Answer 2

study of cells

Question 3

dysplasia

Answer 3

abnormal development

Question 4

epithelial

Answer 4

pertaining to epithelium

Question 5

erythrocyte

Answer 5

red (blood) cell

Question 6

erythrocytosis

Answer 6

increase in the number of red (blood) cells

Question 7

histology

Answer 7

study of tissue

Question 8

hyperplasia

Answer 8

excessive development (number of cells)

Question 9

hypoplasia

Answer 9

incomplete development (of an organ or tissues)

Question 10

leukocyte

Answer 10

white (blood) cell

Question 11

leukocytosis

Answer 11

increase in the number of white (blood) cells

Question 12

lipoid

Answer 12

resembling fat

Question 13

myopathy

Answer 13

disease of the muscle

Question 14

necrosis

Answer 14

condition of cell death (cells and tissue die because of disease)

Question 15

neuropathy

Answer 15

disease of the nerves

Question 16

organomegaly

Answer 16

enlargement of an organ

Question 17

somatic

Answer 17

pertaining to the body

Question 18

somatogenic

Answer 18

originating in the body (organic as opposed to originating in the mind)

Question 19

systemic

Answer 19

pertaining to a (body) system (or the body as a whole)

Question 20

visceral

Answer 20

pertaining to the internal organs