Histology (tissue) Terms Flashcards

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Squam

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Scale

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Epitheli/o

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Epithelium; outer layer of the skin

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Strat

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Layer

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Reticul/o

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Network of cells

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Plasm

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Living tissue

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Fibr/o

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Fiber, fibrous

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Lys/o

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To kill, separating, destruction

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Clast

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Destructive cell

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Sarc/o

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Flesh (muscle)

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Neur/o

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Nerve, neuron

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My/o

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Muscle

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Neo

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New

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Pseud/o

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False

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Blast

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Tissue building cell; embryonic

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Desm/o

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Band or ligament

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Somes/soma

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Body

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Glia

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Gluey substance

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Lemma

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Membrane

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Plasia

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Formation or growth

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Crine

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To secrete

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Thromb/o

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Clot