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Chapter 2 Anatomy And Physiology Flashcards

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Caud/o

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Tail

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-cyte

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Cell

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Oste/o

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Bone

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-plasia

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Development

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Path/o

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Disease

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Periton

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Peritoneum

Membrane in abdominal cavity

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Pandemic

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Worldwide outbreak of a disease.

-entire population

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-plasm

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Formative material of the cell.

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-static

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Control or constant level

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Epi-

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Above

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Endo-

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Within

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Sagittal

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Vertical plane dividing the body in UNEQUAL left and right sides

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Hyper/trophy

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Excessive development

-increase in BULK, but not the number if the cells as seen in tumors

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Midsagittal

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Vertical plane dividing the body in EQUAL left and right sides

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Ventral

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Towards the front or Belly side

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Endemic

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Ongoing presence of disease within a population

E.g. The common cold

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Idiopathic

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Illness without a known cause

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-crine

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To secrete

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Transverse

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Horizontal plane dividing the body in superior (upper) and inferior (lower) parts

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Geriatrician

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Physician/specialist in the elderly

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Exo

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Out of
Outside
Away from

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-pathy

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Disease

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Pan-

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Entire

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Homeostasis

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Constant control

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Proximal

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Nearest the midline or beginning of the body structure

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Carcin/o

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Cancerous

Malignant

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Physi/ology

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Study of the functions of the structure of the body

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Onc/o

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Ana/plasia

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Excessive abnormal development

As seen in tumors

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Anter/o

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Front

Before

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-tic

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Pertaining to

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Endocrine

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Glands that secrete within ( the blood stream)

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Anat/omy

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Study of the structures of the body

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Anterior

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Toward the front.

Belly side

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Aden/Oma

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Benign tumor looking like gland tissue

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-Oma

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Path/ology

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Study of disease

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Coron/o

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Crown

Head

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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Hypo/plasia

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Incomplete development of organ or tissue

To few cells

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Aden/o

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-ory

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Pertaining to

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End-

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Dorsal

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Toward the back

Backside

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A/plasia

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Organ or tissue that never developed

Absent

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Dys/plasia

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Abnormal development or growth

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Distal

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Furthest away from the midline of a body structure

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Posterior

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Towards the back

Backside

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Home/o

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-trophy

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Development

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Exocrine

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Glands that secrete out of (their organs)

-these have ducts

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Peritoneum

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Membrane that protects and holds the abdominal cavity

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Hist/o

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Aden/o/carcin/oma

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Malignant (cancerous) tumor originating in the glands

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-stasis

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Constant level

Control

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An-

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Retr/o

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Membrane

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Thin later of tissue:
Covering a surface,
Lining a cavity OR
Dividing and organ/space

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-scope

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Instrument used for a visual examination

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Ana

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Up
Against
Back
Excessive

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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A-

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Anomaly

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Deviation from what is normal in the body

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Hyster/o

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Dem

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Population

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Eti

Sounds like: ET

A

Cause of something

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Nephr/o

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Adip/o

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Fat

Fatty tissue

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Nucleus

A

Controls center OR
brain of the cell

(Helps to divide and control cell activity)

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