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Endocrine Flashcards

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glandul/o

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glandule, gland

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aden/o

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gland

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crin/o, -crine

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to secrete

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apic/o

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tip, summit, end

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hol/o

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whole, entire

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mer/o

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partial, part

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pine/o, pineal/o

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pineal gland, pine cone

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thyr/o, thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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parathyroid/o

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parathyroid gland

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pitui/o, pituitar/o

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pituitary gland, hypophysis

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hypophys/o

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hypophysis, pituitary gland

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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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ovari/o

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ovary

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oophor/o

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ovary

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test/o, testicul/o

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testicle, testis, witness

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orch/o, orchid/o

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testicle; orchid (flower)

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gonad/o

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testicle or ovary

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adren/o

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adrenal gland, suprarenal gland

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supraren/o

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suprarenal gland, adrenal gland

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cortic/o

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cortex, outer surface, bark

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medull/o

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medulla, marrow

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hormon/o

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hormone

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-in, -ine

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hormone or chemical substance

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trop/o

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hormone that stimulates something; a turn, turning, change

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troph/o

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growth, nourishment

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ag/o, agog/o, -agogue

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hormone that promotes something; leading forth, duct

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gest/o, -gest, ger/o, -ger

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hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear

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poiet/o, -poiesis

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hormone that stimulates the production/making of something (-poietin); to make or produce

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stat/o

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hormone that inhibits/stops something (-statin); to stand or stop

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gen/o, -gen

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hormone that produces something, become, produced, born

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kin/o, cin/o, -kinesis, -cinesis

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hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action

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gynec/o, gyn/o

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female, woman, pistil of a flower

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andr/o

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male, man, stamen of a flower

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liber/o

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hormone or chemical that releases another hormone (-liberin), to free

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estr/o

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estrogen, estrus cycle (breeding period), sexual desire

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insul/o

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insulin, island

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gluc/o, glyc/o

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sugar, glucose

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ton/o

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hormone that produces a healthy strength or tension (-tonin) of something; tension, stretching, tone (in muscles)

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toc/o, tok/o

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labor, partuition

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gigant/o

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giant, large

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meg/o, megal/o, -megaly

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large, enlargement

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nan/o, nann/o

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dwarf, very small, one billionth

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cretin/o

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cretinism

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mel/o

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limb

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melit/o, mel/o

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honey, sugar, bees

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ur/o, -uria

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urine

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orex/i, -orexia

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appetite

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dips/o

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thirst

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hirsut/o

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hairy

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myx/o

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mucus, slime

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priv/o, -privia

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deprived of

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hormonum, -i (n.)

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hormone

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insula, -ae (f.)

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islet

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infundibulum, -i (n.)

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infundibulum

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lobus, -i (m.)

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lobe

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lobulus, -i (m.)

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lobule

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isthmus, -i (m.)

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isthmus

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stroma, stromatis (pl. stomata) (n.)

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stroma; something spread over, cover; framework of connective tissue

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parenchyma, parenchymatis (n.)

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parenchyma (something poured in beside; substance in lungs, liver, kidneys, and spleen)

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endocrinus, -a, -um

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endocrine

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