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EXAM 1 PREP Flashcards

1
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Programmed or intentional cell death

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Apoptosis

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2
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A macro molecular structure/body made up of a combination of RNA and protein that is a protein-making factory

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Ribosome

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3
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-cyte

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Cell

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4
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Path/o-

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Disease

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5
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-rrhexis

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To burst/break or rupture

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6
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-cele

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Hernia

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7
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Increasing the angle of a joint

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Extension

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8
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Toward the belly

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Ventral

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9
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HPI

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History of Present Illness

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10
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Supine

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Face up

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11
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Prone

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Face down

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12
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Closer to the center

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Proximal

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13
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Etiology

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The cause

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14
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Orth/o

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Straight

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15
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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction

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16
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Micro-

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Small

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17
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—stomy

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Creation of an opening

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18
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-tomy

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Incision

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19
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Necr/o

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Dead

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Hyper-

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Over

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21
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Hypo-

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Under

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22
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Dys-

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Bad

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23
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Blast

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Rapidly dividing cell

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Brady

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Tachy

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Megaly

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Pain

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-algia
-dynia

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-pathy

29
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Anterior

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Front
“Looking at an ant”

30
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Posterior

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Back
“Posting Booty picks”

31
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Diminutive Suffixes

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-icle
-ule
-ula
-ole

32
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Rx

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Prescription

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-ase

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-ol

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-ose

36
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Farther away from the center

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Dx

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Eti/o-

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How something came to be

39
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Toward the midline

40
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Away from the middle

41
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Network of membranes inside a cell

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Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Soft endoplasmic reticulum

42
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-osis

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a-
an-

44
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-penia

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Deficiency

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Arthr/o

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Gastr/o

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Morph/o

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Xen/o

49
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Nerve that Carrie’s information towards the central nervous system

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Afferent nerve

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-rrhaphy

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

52
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Tx

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Treatment or therapy

53
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-malacia

54
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Movement around a joint in a circular motion

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Circum duction

55
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-lysis

A

Breakdown of destruct

56
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Cholecystectomy

A

Removal of gallbladder

57
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Decreasing joint angle

Medical Terminology (28 decks)

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