ch 7 - Lymphatic System Flashcards
Ana
without
Anti
against
Dia
through
Endo
within
Exo
out, away from
Gen/o
a substance that produces
Macr/o
large
Phag/o
eat
Pin/o
drink or eat small particles
Aden/o
glands
Adenoid/o
adenoids
Agglutin/o
clumping, sticking together
Coagul/o
clotting
Corpor/o
body
Cras/o
mixture, temperament
Cyt/o
Cell
Embol/o
embolus
Endothelium
squamous cells that line the inner blood vessels, heart and lymphatic vessels
Globul/o
protein
Hist/o
tissue
Immun/o
immunity
Lymph/o
lymph
Macrophage
a phagocytic tissue cell of the immune system that may be fixed or freely motile, is derived from a monocyte, functions in the destruction of foreign antigens
Lymphaden/o
lymph glands
Path/o
disease
Reticul/o
network
Reticuloendothelial
a diverse system of fixed and circulating phagocytic cells
Seps/o
infection
Splen/o
spleen
Thromb/o
clot
Tonsil/o
tonsils
-amin/o
nitrogen compound
-crit
to separate
-emia
blood condition
-gen
producer
-lysis, lytic
break apart
-megaly
enlarged
-osis
having the condition of