Session 17: Receptacles, Together-Apart

Question 1

ampulla (root)

Answer 1

flask, jug

Question 2

ampulla (term)

Answer 2

sac-like dilation of a canal or duct

Question 3

ampule

Answer 3

small sealed glass of fluid for injection

Question 4

ascos

Answer 4

bag

Question 5

ascites

Answer 5

accumulation of excessive fluid in the abdominal cavity

Question 6

bursa (root)

Answer 6

skin bag of wine

Question 7

bursa (term)

Answer 7

a fibrous sac between tendon and bone or tendon and ligament lined by a synovial membrane and containing synovial fluid

Question 8

bursitis

Answer 8

inflammation of a bursa

Question 9

calyx

Answer 9

cup of a flower

Question 10

calyces

Answer 10

cup-like collection area for urine in inner part of the kidneys

Question 11

capsula

Answer 11

small box

Question 12

capsule

Answer 12

a fibrous sheath that encloses an organ

Question 13

capsulotomy

Answer 13

cutting into a capsule (of the lens of the eye)

Question 14

cisterna

Answer 14

reservoir

Question 15

cisterna magna

Answer 15

large area of cerebrospinal fluid collection between the cerebellum and the medulla

Question 16

cremaster

Answer 16

hanging basket

Question 17

cremaster muscle

Answer 17

muscle which helps suspend the testicles and can pull them toward the abdomen

Question 18

folliculus

Answer 18

small leather bag

Question 19

follicle

Answer 19

an invagination of the skin’s surface that generates hair shafts; also a cavity in the ovaries that nourishes an egg

Question 20

patella

Answer 20

shallow dish

Question 21

patella

Answer 21

kneecap, shallow dish-shaped sesamoid bone

Question 22

pelvis

Answer 22

basin

Question 23

pelvis

Answer 23

a basin shaped group of bones that forms the hip

Question 24

pyelo-

Answer 24

basin

Question 25

pyelonephritis

Answer 25

inflammation of the kidney with an accumulation of pus in the kidney "basin" ie calyces

Question 26

pyelography

Answer 26

injection of a dye for x-ray exam of the kidney calyces

Question 27

sac

Answer 27

small bag

Question 28

saccule

Answer 28

act of forming small cavities

Question 29

sacculation

Answer 29

act of forming small cavities

Question 30

theca

Answer 30

receptacle, sheath

Question 31

thecal

Answer 31

referring to a sheath or case (often refers to tissue case for ovarian follicle)

Question 32

vas-/vaso-

Answer 32

canal for fluid

Question 33

vas deferens

Answer 33

canal for semen going away from testes

Question 34

vascular

Answer 34

pertaining to blood vessels

Question 35

coito

Answer 35

meeting

Question 36

coitus

Answer 36

sexual connection between male and female

Question 37

com-/con-

Answer 37

with/together

Question 38

commisure

Answer 38

site of union of corresponding parts

Question 39

concentric

Answer 39

having a common center (various sized overlapping rings with same center)

Question 40

crinein, - crit

Answer 40

to seperate

Question 41

endocrine

Answer 41

secreting blood-borne messages to other organs

Question 42

hematocrit

Answer 42

percentage of blood components in relation to total volume of a blood sample that has been separated by centrifugation (spinning)

Question 43

binding (ligament)

Answer 43

desmo-

Question 44

desmoid

Answer 44

fibrous, like a ligament

Question 45

desmorrhexis

Answer 45

rupture of a ligament

Question 46

enanti-

Answer 46

opposite

Question 47

enentiobiosis

Answer 47

two organisms that live together but antagonize each other's development

Question 48

fiss-

Answer 48

split

Question 49

fissure

Answer 49

a deep cleft

Question 50

fission

Answer 50

asexual reproduction when a cell divides into daughter cells

Question 51

-fuge

Answer 51

flee

Question 52

centrifuge

Answer 52

fleeing the center

Question 53

haptein

Answer 53

to fasten

Question 54

hapten

Answer 54

a substance that fastens to a small protein to form a complex that can trigger an allergic reaction

Question 55

liga-

Answer 55

to tie

Question 56

ligature

Answer 56

string, rubber band, or wire for surgical tying

Question 57

ligament

Answer 57

a sheet or band of tough, fibrous tissue connecting bones at a joint or supporting an organ

Question 58

-petal

Answer 58

to seek

Question 59

centripetal

Answer 59

seeking the center

Question 60

-pexy

Answer 60

fastening

Question 61

gastropexy

Answer 61

fastening the stomach to the adbominal wall

Question 62

hysteropexy

Answer 62

fastening the uterus to the abdominal wall or vagina

Question 63

schisto-

Answer 63

split

Question 64

schistosomiasis

Answer 64

a blood fluke parasite, the male has a groove down the length of his body to hold the female when mating

Question 65

schistocyte

Answer 65

sliced red blood cell

Question 66

schizo-

Answer 66

divided

Question 67

schizophrenia

Answer 67

split personality

Question 68

schizonychia

Answer 68

splitting of fingernails or toenails

Question 69

sphincter

Answer 69

tightly bound

Question 70

anal sphincter

Answer 70

ring-like muscle that constricts the anus

Question 71

urethral sphincter

Answer 71

ring-like muscle that constricts the urethra

Question 72

sy-/sym-/syn-

Answer 72

together

Question 73

systole

Answer 73

contraction of the heart chambers

Question 74

symphysis

Answer 74

immovable joint united by plate of fibrocartilage

Question 75

synapse

Answer 75

the junction of a nerve ending and another nerve or muscle gland

Question 76

valgus

Answer 76

bow-legged

Question 77

valgus

Answer 77

bent or twisted outward

Question 78

valgus knee (genu valgus)

Answer 78

knock-kneed (bent inward)

Question 79

varus

Answer 79

knock-kneed

Question 80

varus

Answer 80

bent or twisted inward

Question 81

varus knee (genu varum)

Answer 81

bow legged

Question 82

xeno-

Answer 82

strange, foreign

Question 83

xenodiagnosis

Answer 83

use of lab animals to diagnose a parasitic disease

Question 84

xenograft

Answer 84

transplant of tissue from one species to another