Session 7: Clothing and Fabrics

Question 1

annulus

Answer 1

ring

Question 2

annular

Answer 2

forming a ring

Question 3

annuloplasty

Answer 3

surgical reconstruction of the ring around a heart valve or an intervertebral disk

Question 4

bacilli-/bacillo-

Answer 4

little rod

Question 5

bacilliform

Answer 5

rod-like, cylinder with round ends (looks like bacteria)

Question 6

bacilluria

Answer 6

rods (bacteria) in urine

Question 7

bacter-

Answer 7

little rod

Question 8

bacteria

Answer 8

microscopic plants with rod (or spherical) shape

Question 9

bacterin

Answer 9

vaccine made of dead or weakened bacteria

Question 10

cestos

Answer 10

belt or girdle

Question 11

cestode

Answer 11

tapeworms: flat, belt-like worms

Question 12

chlamys

Answer 12

cloak

Question 13

chlamydia

Answer 13

a bacteria that grows cloaked inside cells, protected from most antibiotics

Question 14

cingulum

Answer 14

girdle

Question 15

cingulotomy

Answer 15

cutting into the cingulate gyrus, center for pain interpretation and girdle for the corpus callosum

Question 16

endyma

Answer 16

upper garment

Question 17

ependyma

Answer 17

lining (coat) of the ventricles of the brain and canal in spinal cord

Question 18

fascia (definition)

Answer 18

band/bundle

Question 19

fascia (med-term)

Answer 19

sheets of fibrous tissue that bundle layers of other tissues

Question 20

necklace

Answer 20

monile

Question 21

monilethrix

Answer 21

inherited brittle hair with constrictions in shaft; beaded hair

Question 22

moniliform

Answer 22

appearance like string of beads

Question 23

thyro-

Answer 23

shield

Question 24

thyroid gland

Answer 24

shield like gland in front of upper trachea

Question 25

thyroxine

Answer 25

secretion of the thyroid gland

Question 26

coat

Answer 26

tunica

Question 27

tunica albuginea

Answer 27

white membrane fibrous capsule, especially of the testes

Question 28

vulva (definition)

Answer 28

wrapper

Question 29

vulva (med-term)

Answer 29

visible external female genitalia which is like a wrapper during mating

Question 30

zoster

Answer 30

girdle

Question 31

herpes zoster

Answer 31

virus that causes inflammation of nerves which project around the body or face like a girdle or half a girdle (“shingles”)

Question 32

byssos

Answer 32

flax, cotton

Question 33

byssinosis

Answer 33

lung disease caused by inhaling cotton dust

Question 34

byssaceous

Answer 34

having fine fibers as do some filamentous algae

Question 35

cancellus (definition)

Answer 35

lattice (wood fence or top pie crust)

Question 36

cancellous (+o med term)

Answer 36

lattice-like or spongy bone

Question 37

diphthera

Answer 37

parchment

Question 38

diphtheria

Answer 38

bacterial disease that causes a parchment-like membrane to form in throat and airways

Question 39

fibr-

Answer 39

thread

Question 40

fibroid

Answer 40

benign smooth muscle tumors of the uterus

Question 41

fibroadenoma

Answer 41

benign solid tumor of glandular tissue, such as the breast

Question 42

fil-

Answer 42

thread

Question 43

filaria

Answer 43

long thin (thread-like) worms

Question 44

filiform

Answer 44

thread-like

Question 45

filament

Answer 45

relating to a thinly spun thread

Question 46

fimbria

Answer 46

fringe

Question 47

fimbriated

Answer 47

fringed

Question 48

fembriocele

Answer 48

hernia of oviduct fimbria

Question 49

flocculus

Answer 49

tuft of wool

Question 50

flocculent

Answer 50

covered with tufts of wool-like substance

Question 51

flocculation

Answer 51

rapid precipitation of a solute in small balls of wool-like tuft

Question 52

ganglion (definition)

Answer 52

knot

Question 53

ganglion (med-term)

Answer 53

group of nerve cell bodies that appear like a knot in a nerve

Question 54

histo-

Answer 54

web (forming a tissue)

Question 55

histology

Answer 55

study of tissues

Question 56

histopathologic

Answer 56

referring to the microscope disease manifestations in tissues

Question 57

lemniscus

Answer 57

band, ribbon

Question 58

lateral lemniscus

Answer 58

a ribbon-like nerve tract that carries information on hearing

Question 59

medial lemniscus

Answer 59

ribbon-like nerve tract that carries information on touch and sense of body position

Question 60

limbus (root)

Answer 60

border, margin

Question 61

limbic system

Answer 61

pertaining to a rim of brain structures between the cortex and deeper structures which control emotions and instinct

Question 62

limbus (med-term)

Answer 62

border of the cornea (transparent layer of the eye)

Question 63

mito-

Answer 63

thread

Question 64

mitochondria

Answer 64

intracellular organelle with threadlike membranes

Question 65

mitosis

Answer 65

act of cell division during which the thread-like chromosomes condense

Question 66

nema-

Answer 66

thread

Question 67

nematode

Answer 67

roundworms

Question 68

nematospermia

Answer 68

sperm with an abnormally elongated tail

Question 69

nodus

Answer 69

knot

Question 70

node

Answer 70

a lump (like a knot)

Question 71

nodule

Answer 71

a small lump

Question 72

nodulus

Answer 72

a small lump on the cerebellum of the brain

Question 73

pannus (root)

Answer 73

piece of cloth

Question 74

pannus (med-term)

Answer 74

inflammatory granulation that overgrows either joint surfaces or the cornea

Question 75

panniculus

Answer 75

layer of tissue between the skin and deeper structures

Question 76

plexus

Answer 76

woven, braided

Question 77

plexiform

Answer 77

web-like

Question 78

brachial plexus

Answer 78

network of neck and upper chest nerves that supply the arm, forearm, and hand

Question 79

plica

Answer 79

fold in fabric

Question 80

plicate

Answer 80

to fold back and forth like a hand fan

Question 81

net

Answer 81

rete

Question 82

rete testis

Answer 82

a network of canals at the end of sperm collecting tubules from the testes

Question 83

reticulo-

Answer 83

fine net (minnow net)

Question 84

reticulum

Answer 84

second stomach of ruminants that has a honeycombed net-like lining

Question 85

reticulocyte

Answer 85

precursor to red blood cells with fine fibrils like a net in the cytoplasm

Question 86

ruga

Answer 86

crease in fabric

Question 87

gastric rugae

Answer 87

folds of inner lining of the stomach

Question 88

taenia

Answer 88

tape, ribbon

Question 89

taenia taeniaformis

Answer 89

tapeworm cats get from eating mice

Question 90

tapetum (root)

Answer 90

carpet, rug

Question 91

tapetum (med-term)

Answer 91

layer of reflective tissue in the light catching back part of the eye (retina)