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Module 6- Growth and Development, and Body Orientation Flashcards

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Benign

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Mild, not spreading, not recurrent

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Biopsy

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Removing tissue from a living body and examining it under a microscope

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Circumocular

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Pertaining to around the eye

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Cyst

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Closed sac or pouch that contains fluid, semifluid, or solid material

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Distal

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Remote, or farthest, from the point of attachment to the trunk

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Dorsal

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On or near the back

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Ectopic

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Outside of its normal location

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Endocranial

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Pertaining to inside the head

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Endocystoscopy

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Examination of inside the bladder

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Endogenous

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Originating or produced inside of (a cell)

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Epigastric

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The region of the belly over or upon the stomach

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Hydodermic

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Pertaining to under the skin

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Infiltration

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Slipping into and between normal cells of the body

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Lateral

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Farther from the midline

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Lesion

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An area of unhealthy (morbid) tissue, such as an injury, would, burn, or infected patch of skin

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Lumbar

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The loin, the part of the back and sides between the ribs and pelvis

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Malignant

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Of a bad kind, growing worse, resisting treatment, and tending or threatening to produce death

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Medial

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Closer to the midline

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Metastasis

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Movement of cells, especially cancer cells, from one part of the body to another

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Neoplasm

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– New formation of tissue, abnormal because it serves no useful function, grows at the expense of a healthy body
– Any tissue growing autonomously and that has no useful function

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Papilla

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A small, nipplelike protuberance or elevation, may be located anywhere on the body, may be normal or abnormal

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Papilloma

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A hypertrophied papilla covered by a layer of skin

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Papules

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A pimple, red elevated spot on skin, solid and circumscribed

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Polyp

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A tumor with a little foot or stem, typically benign

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Proximal

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Nearest to the point of attachment to the trunk

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Tumor

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Swelling or enlargement, new growth of tissue, mass of tissue without function, interchangeable with neoplasm

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Ventral

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On or near the belly

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Ectoderm

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The outer layer of cells in the primary germ layers of the developing embryo
– Skin (Epidermis)
– Mucous membranes of nose, mouth, anus (Epithelium)
– Nervous tissue and sensory organs

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Mesoderm

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The middle of the three primary germ layers of the embryo
– All connective tissues
– All body musculature
– Blood, cardiovascular, lymphatic systems
– Most of urogenital system
– Lining of the pericardial, pleural, and peritoneal cavities

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Endoderm

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The innermost of the three primary germ layers of the embryo
– Lining of the gut
– Its glands (spleen, pancreas, liver)
– Component structures of the gut (esophagus, stomach, intestine, colon)
– Respiratory tract

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Ectocytic

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Of, or pertaining to, outside the cell

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Endocarditis

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Inflammation of inside of the heart

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Endoscopy

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Examination by looking inside of (a body cavity)

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Ectogenous

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Originating outside of a cell or organism

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Hydrocyst

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A cyst containing fluid (water)

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Cystectomy

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Surgical removal of a cyst

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Vascular

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Relating to, affecting, or consisting of a vessel or vessels, especially those which carry blood

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Polypectomy

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Surgical removal of polyp(s)

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Excrescence

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A useless structure growing out of the surface of a part, such as a wart or mole

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Condyloma

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A wart-like growth of the skin, occurring specifically in the genital area

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Dorsalgia

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Ventrotomy

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Incision into the belly

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Ventrodorsad

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Of or pertaining to belly to back

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Peritonsillar

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Pertaining to around the tonsil

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Periumbilical

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Relating to around the belly button

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Peridontal Gum Disease

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Disease tissue around the teeth

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Abduction

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Moving away

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Circumduction

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Moving around

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Perioral

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Relating to around the mouth

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Circumoral

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Relating to around the mouth

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Circumscribed

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A ring or border of normal tissue around a lesion

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Circumrenal

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Pertaining to around or surrounding the kidney

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Perirenal

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Pertaining to around or surrounding the kidney

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Epigastralgia

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Pain in the area of the belly over the stomach

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Epigastrocele

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Hernia in the area of the belly over the stomach

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Epicranium

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The tissues (muscle and skin) that cover and surround the cranium

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Epidermis

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The skin (that covers the entire body)

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Extrauterine

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Outside the uterus

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Extramarginal

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Outside the edge or outer limits of a structure or organ

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Patella

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Infrapatellar

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Pertaining to an area under, below the kneecap

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Subpatellar

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Beneath, under the kneecap

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Sublingual

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Under the tongue

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Hypoglossal

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Under the tongue

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Sternum

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Breastbone

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Substernal, infrasternal, suprasternal

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Pertaining to below the breastbone

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Subpubic

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Area beneath the pubic arch (bone)

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Suprapubic

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Above the pubic arch (bone)

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Umbicial

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Area that is near/around the umbilicus

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Chondros

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Cartilage (of ribs)

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Hypochondrium

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Beneath the ribs

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Inguinal

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Below the lumbar region

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Periumbilical

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Pertaining to around the umbilicus

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Subabdominal

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Relating to below the abdomen

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Supralumbar

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Relating to above the loin

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Infrapubic

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Pertaining to below the pubic arch

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Circuminstestinal

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Pertaining to around the intestine

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Extravisual

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Relating to outside the field of vision

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