Chapter 9- Endocrine & Nervous Systems Flashcards by chelsea mcvay | Brainscape

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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

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Sweat

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nephr/o, ren/o

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kidney

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orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o

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Testis (plural testes)

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poster/o

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back (of body), behind, posterior

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scler/o

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hardening; sclera (white of the eye)

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spin/o

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spine

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thromb/o

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Blood clot

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toxic/o

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poison

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-lysis

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separation; destruction, loosening

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-pexy

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Fixation (of an organ)

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-tomy

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incision

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-algia, -dynia

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Pain

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-dipsia

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thirst

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-emia

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blood condition

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-gen, -genesis

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forming, producing, origin

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-glia

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glue, neuroglial tissue

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-iasis

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abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

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-ism

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Condition

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-lith

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Stone, calculus

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

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-logy

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Study of

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-malacia

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Softening

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-oid

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Resembling

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-oma

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Tumor

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-osis

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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-pathy

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Disease

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-penia

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Decrease, deficiency

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-phagia

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Swallowing, eating

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-phasia

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Speech

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-rrhagia

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bursting forth (of)

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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-uria

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urine

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a-

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without, not

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dys-

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Bad; painful; difficult

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endo-

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Within

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hyper-

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Excessive, above normal

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hypo-

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under, below, deficient

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Para-

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near, beside, beyond