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Chapter 9 Practice Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Give the meaning of: corpuscle

A

a minute body or particle of matter

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Give the meaning of: intraventricular

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contained withing a ventricle

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Give the meaning of: expectorate

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to discharge from the chest

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Give the meaning of: glabella

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a smooth area on the forehead between the eyebrows

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Give the meaning of: naturalize

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to adapt a plant or animal to a new environment

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Give the meaning of: molecule

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small mass or particle

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Give the meaning of: planula

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a larva with a flattened body

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Give the meaning of: florescent

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flowering, tending to flower

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Give the meaning of: rectify

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to make right, to adjust

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Give the meaning of: ferrule

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a metallic ring used for holding something together

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Give the term for: occurring between cells

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intercellular

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Give the term for: to make something into dust, to grind up

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pulverize

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Give the term for: a “little ear”, the lobe of an ear

A

auricle

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Give the term for: to turn something into a liquid

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liquify

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Give the term for: a small bone

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ossicle

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Give the term for: a “hair-like” blood vessel

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capillary

17
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Give the term for: to make clean

A

sanitize

18
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Give the term for: to cause to die, to make as dead

A

mortify

19
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Give the term for: the collarbone, a “little key”

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clavicle

20
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Give the term for: to take the entrails out of something

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eviscerate

21
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Fill in the blank: inlf- to breathe into, to fill with air

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inflate

22
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Give the term for: ampl- to make greater, louder

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amplify

23
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Give the term for: umbr- a little shady thing

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umbrella

24
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Give the term for: gull- the throat

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gullet

25
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Give the term for: caps- a little case or receptacle

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capsule

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Give the term for: -ate to cause to go in a circle, to spread around

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circulate

27
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Give the term for: -cle a small swelling

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tubercle

28
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Give the term for: -ate a sprout or bud

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germinate

29
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Give the term for: -ulum a “little head” the tip of a structure

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capitulum

30
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Give the term for: -ize to cause something to be unable to move

A

immobilize

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