Intro To Med Term Flashcards
Centrioles
Structures that function in cell reproduction
Cilia
Hairlike extensions on the surface of cells capable of movement
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Membrane network of “roads or “channels” that wind through cytoplasm
Flagella
A sperm cells tail
Lysosomes
The cells “digestive system”
Mitochondria
The power house of the cell, that burn food in the presence of oxygen to make cell energy
Ribosomes
Protein factories; makes protein
Anabolism
The building metabolic phase; grows, maintains, and repairs body structure
Biology
The study of life
Catabolism
Breaking down metabolic phase; producing energy from food and oxygen
Chromosomes
Short, tightly coiled rods that contain genes
Cyt/o
Cell
Cytoplasm
A substance between the plasma membrane and nucleus of the cell
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid, what the chemical genes are made of
Genes
Regions of DNA organized into the body’s blueprints
Kary/o
The nucleus
Karyoplasm
The substance of the nucleus
Karyotype
The number and visual appearance of chromosomes in the nucleus
Metabolism
The chemical process by which cells obtain and use energy
Nucleus
The spheroid body within a cell that dictates
Protein production
Controls transport
Metabolism
Growth and heredity
Organelles
Structures within cytoplasm
-plasm
Formative, formed material
Plasma membrane
The outside boundary of the cell
RNA
Ribonucleic acid; needed for production of protein
Tissue fluid
A saltwater solution that bathes every cell in the body
Procedural Suffixes
Describes procedures
-centesis
Puncture of
-ectomy
Surgical removal
-genic
Producing, forming
-graphy
Process of recording
-lysis
Separation
-opsy
View of, vision
-plasty
Surgical repair
-scopy
Visual examination
-stomy
Opening
-tomy
Incision, cutting
Diagnostic Suffixes
Something in the body is abnormal
-algia
Pain
-dynia
Pain
-emia
Blood condition
-ia
Condition, disease
-Itis
Inflammation
-lepsy
Seizure or attack
-malacia
Softening
-megaly
Enlargement
-oma
Tumor, mass
-osis
Abnormal condition
-pathy
Disease
-penia
Deficiency
-plegia
Paralysis
-pnea
Breathing
-sclerosis
Hardening
-rrhage
To break; burst forth
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
-rrhexis
Breaking open
Adjectival suffixes
-ac, -iac
Pertaining to
-Al, -eal, -ial
Pertaining to
-ar, -ary
Pertaining to
-ella
Small
-iatric
Medical treatment
-ic, -ical
Pertaining to
-ine
Pertaining to
-oid
Resembling
-ous
Characteristic of
-plast
Cell, living substance
-plasty
Formation, plastic repair of
-ular
Pertaining to
-vorous
Eating