Module 11 - Bodily Fluids Flashcards
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pyel-
A
renal pelvis; urine reservoir in kidney [which passes urine to ureter]
2
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cyst-
vesic-
A
sac; cyst; bladder
3
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nephr-
ren-
A
kidney
4
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ur-
urin-
A
urine; urinary tract; urination
5
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ureter-
A
ureter; tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder
6
Q
urethr-
A
urethra; tube carrying urine from bladder to outside the
body
7
Q
uric-
A
uric acid
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aden-
A
gland; lymph node
9
Q
adren-
A
adrenal gland
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Q
hormon-
A
hormone
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Q
amygdal-*
tonsill-
A
tonsil
[See Mod. 12, amygdal-]
12
Q
lymph-
A
lymph
13
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lymphatic-
A
lymphatic system; lymphatic duct
14
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por-
A
pore; passage
15
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splen-
lien-
A
spleen
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adip-
lip-
steat-
A
fat
17
Q
seb-
A
sebum; fatty secretion [of the sebaceous gland]
18
Q
crin-
A
secretion
19
Q
eme-
A
vomit
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hidr-
A
sweat; sweat gland
21
Q
hist-
A
tissue [of an animal or plant]
22
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py-
A
pus
23
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tox- toxic- toxin- ven-* venen- venom-
A
poison [See Mod. 8, ven-]
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zym-
A
enzyme; fermentation
25
aeti-
| eti-
cause
26
antr-
antrum; cavity
27
bar-
| bary-
weight; pressure
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carcin-
cancer; cancerous [adjective]
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chron-
time
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drom-
a running; flow
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dynam-
power
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helc-
ulceration
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aux-
increase
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hypn-
| somn-
sleep
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icter-
jaundice
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sept-*
| saept-
septum [a wall that divides two cavities] [See Mod. 8, sept-]
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all-
other; another; divergent; alternating
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anis-
unequal
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atel-
incomplete
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atret-
without an opening (to an organ/structure)
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brachy-
short [no connecting vowel follows]
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brady-
slow [no connecting vowel follows]
43
idi-
individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown
44
is-
| equ-
equal
| [equ- is followed by connecting vowel i]
45
lept-
thin
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macr-
large; long
47
megal-
large
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mes-
middle
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micr-
small
50
olig-
few; small; scanty
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orth-
straight; normal; correct
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oxy-*
acute; swift; sharp; sour [no connecting vowel follows]
| [See Mod. 6, oxy-]
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pachy-
thick [no connecting vowel follows]
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pale-
old; ancient
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poikil-
mottled; varied; irregular
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prosth-
| prosthet-
artificial
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prot-
earliest; first
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pseud-
false; imaginary
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schist-
| schiz-
split
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scirrh-
hard [adjective]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]
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scoli-
crooked; laterally curved
62
sten-
narrow; constricted
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tach-
| tachy-
rapid [no connecting vowel follows tachy-]
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xen-
strange; foreign [adjectives]; foreigner [noun]
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xer- sicc-
dry
66
-agogue
agent used to induce (an action); agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body)
67
anti- ... -agogue
agent used to suppress (an action); agent used to suppress the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to suppress the explusion (of a foreign body)
68
- auxe
- auxis
- auxesis
enlargement
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-crine
secretion
70
-elcosis
ulceration (of an organ or structure)
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-emesis
the vomiting (of a substance)
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-emetic
causing vomiting (of a substance)
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-emphraxis
obstruction; blockage
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-lepsy
seizure
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- phyma
| - phymata [pl.]
a swelling
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-pore
pore; passage
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-toxin
substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue);
| poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)
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anti- ... -toxin
agent used to counteract a substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); agent used to counteract a poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)
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-uria
urination; presence of (a substance) in the urine; (abnormal) condition of the urine
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a- ... -uria
absence of (a substance) in the urine
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note: additional notes at the front of the module have not been included yet
why are you reading this there's nothing to memorize!
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hygr-
moisture
