Exam 2 (rest on quizlet) Flashcards
Annular
forming a ring
annuloplasty
surgical reconstruction of the ring around a heart valve or an intervertebral disk
Baciliform
rod-like, cylinder with round ends (like bacteria)
Bacilluria
rods (like bacteria) in urine
Bacteria
microscopic plants with rod (or spherical) shape
Bacterin
vaccine made of dead or weakened bacteria
cestode
tapeworms: flat, bellylike worms
chlamydia
a bacteria that grows cloaked inside cells, protected from most antibiotics
cingulotomy
cutting into the cinguate gyrus, center for pain interpretation and girdle for corpus callosum
ependyma
lining of the ventricles of the brain and canal in the spinal cord
fascia
sheets of fibrous tissue that bundle layers of other tissues
monilethrix
inhertited brittle hair with constrictions in shaft; beaded hair
moniliform
apprearance like a string of beads
thyroid gland
sheild like gland in front of the upper trachea
thyroxine
secretion of the thyroid gland