Chapter 9- Endocrine & Nervous Systems Flashcards
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Aden/o
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Gland
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adren/o, adrenal/o
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Adrenal glands
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anter/o
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Anterior, front
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calc/o
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calcium
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cerebr/o
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Cerebrum
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encephal/o
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brain
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gli/o
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glue, neuroglial tissue
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gluc/o, glyc/o
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Sugar, sweetness
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mening/o, meningi/o
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meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal cord
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neur/o
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nerve
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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vascul/o
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blood vessel
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acr/o
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extremities
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carcin/o
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cancer
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cyst/o
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bladder
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cyt/o
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cell
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dermat/o
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Skin
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enter/o
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intestine (usually small intestine)
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gastr/o
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stomach
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hem/o
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Blood
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hepat/o
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Liver
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hidr/o
Sweat
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nephr/o, ren/o
kidney
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orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o
Testis (plural testes)
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poster/o
back (of body), behind, posterior
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scler/o
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
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spin/o
spine
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thromb/o
Blood clot
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toxic/o
poison
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-ectomy
Excision, removal
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-lysis
separation; destruction, loosening
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-pexy
Fixation (of an organ)
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-tome
instrument to cut
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-tomy
incision
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-algia, -dynia
Pain
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-dipsia
thirst
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-emia
blood condition
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-gen, -genesis
forming, producing, origin
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-glia
glue, neuroglial tissue
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-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
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-ism
Condition
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-itis
Inflammation
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-lith
Stone, calculus
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-logist
specialist in the study of
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-logy
Study of
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-megaly
Enlargement
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-malacia
Softening
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-oid
Resembling
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-oma
Tumor
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-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
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-pathy
Disease
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-penia
Decrease, deficiency
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-phagia
Swallowing, eating
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-phasia
Speech
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-plegia
paralysis
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-rrhagia
bursting forth (of)
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-rrhea
discharge, flow
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-uria
urine
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a-
without, not
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dys-
Bad; painful; difficult
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endo-
Within
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hyper-
Excessive, above normal
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hypo-
under, below, deficient
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Para-
near, beside, beyond
