Exam 2 Flashcards
Coelom
Body cavity
Limbus
Border of cornea
Bacilluria
Rods in urine
Cestode
Flat worm
Monilethrix
Inherited brittle hair; beaded hair
Byssaceous
Having fine fibers as do some filamentous algae
Fibroid
Benign smooth muscle timers if the uterus
Flocculus
Tuft of woll
Limbic system
Rim of brain struc between cortex and deeper struc. Which controls emotion and instinct
Nematospermia
Sperm with an abnormally elongated tail
Nodulus
Small lump on cerebellum of brain
Plexius
Woven, braided
Ruga-
Crease in fabric
Pediculus
Louse
Pulex
Flea
Arborization
Branching with a tree
Canna
Reed
Cannula
Reedlike hollow tube
Phacoscope
Instrument to view lens of eye
Urtica
Stinging nettle
Xylose
Monosaccaride from methylocellulose
Anthrax
Bacterial disease that often causes black skin sores in humans
Antro-
Cave
Spermatocele
Cyst of epididymitis containing sperm
Fovea
Depression, dip
Sinusoid
Venous cavity that Carrie’s blood to an organ
Fistula
Pipe
Ostium
Opening
Patens
Open
Salpingocele
Hernia of a Fallopian tube
Typhlectomy
Removal of cecum
Cytogenetics
Chromosome analysis of cells
-lemma
Husk, confining membrane
Paries
Wall
-phrax
Stoppage
Septal
Pertaining to a partition
Pykno-
Thick, dense
Teratom
Tumor that contains cells from all 3 embryonic layers
Toco
Birth
Tocolysis
Stopping birth process
Uterotomy
Caesarian section, cutting open uterus
Tropos
Thyrotropic
Turn on
Stimulating thyroid gland
Gangrainia
Gnawing
Sapros
Putrid
sepsis
Putrefaction
Septic
Disease-causing organisms
Tabes
Wasting
Taphophobia
Fear of graveyards
Zoe
Life
Epiphysis
End of long bone
Hypophysis
Lower growth. Pituitary gland grows off base if brain
Ependyma
Lining of ventricles of brain and spinal
Herpes zoster
Virus that causes inflammation of nerves that project around body like girdle
Pannus
Inflammatory granulation that overviews surfaces
Brachial plexus
Network of neck and upper chest nerves
rete testis
Network of canals at end of sperm collecting tubules from the testes
Gastric rugae
Folds of inner lining of stomach
Tapetum
Layer of reflective tissue in light catching part of eye (carpet)
Fibroadenoma
Benign solid tumor of gland
Adenoma
Benign tumor of a gland
Coracoid process
Long bony curved projection from neck of shoulder blade shaped like a crows beak
Coronoid
Bone process that resembles a crow beak
Acinar
Pertaining to granular (berry like) appearance of organs like pancreas
Aboreal
Resembling or living in trees
Botyromyosis
Granulomatous masses produced in a wound infected with staphylococcus
Staphylococcus
Common round bacteria that bunches like berries
Dermatophyte
Ringworm
Ramus
Branch of mandible that turns up to joint of jaw
Urticaria
Hives in skin
Pneumoconiosis
Lung disease from metal
Nyctalopia
Diff seeing at night
Nocturia
Urinating at night
Diurnal
Active during daylight
Foramen
Opening in bone
Anastomosis
Joining to mouths
Atresia
No opening
Trematode
Flat parasite with suckers (holes)
Antrum
Partially closed cavity in bone
Fovea centralis
Area if retina with clearest vision
Choroid
Brown vascular part of eye between sclera and retina
Hymenoptera
Membrane winged insects
Septum
Dividing wall partition in nasal passages
Pyknosis
Condensation if a cells nucleus
Uteroplexy
Tying down a moveable uterus