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Session 7: Clothing and Fabrics Flashcards

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annulus

A

ring

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annular

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forming a ring

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annuloplasty

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

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bacilli-/bacillo-

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little rod

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bacilliform

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

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bacilluria

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rods (bacteria) in urine

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bacter-

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little rod

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bacteria

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microscopic plants with rod (or spherical) shape

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bacterin

A

vaccine made of dead or weakened bacteria

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cestos

A

belt or girdle

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cestode

A

tapeworms: flat, belt-like worms

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chlamys

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cloak

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chlamydia

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

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cingulum

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girdle

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cingulotomy

A

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

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endyma

A

upper garment

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ependyma

A

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

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fascia (definition)

A

band/bundle

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fascia (med-term)

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sheets of fibrous tissue that bundle layers of other tissues

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20
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necklace

A

monile

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21
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monilethrix

A

inherited brittle hair with constrictions in shaft; beaded hair

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moniliform

A

appearance like string of beads

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thyro-

A

shield

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thyroid gland

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shield like gland in front of upper trachea

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thyroxine

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secretion of the thyroid gland

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coat

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tunica

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tunica albuginea

A

white membrane fibrous capsule, especially of the testes

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vulva (definition)

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wrapper

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vulva (med-term)

A

visible external female genitalia which is like a wrapper during mating

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zoster

A

girdle

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31
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herpes zoster

A

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

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byssos

A

flax, cotton

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byssinosis

A

lung disease caused by inhaling cotton dust

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byssaceous

A

having fine fibers as do some filamentous algae

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cancellus (definition)

A

lattice (wood fence or top pie crust)

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cancellous (+o med term)

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lattice-like or spongy bone

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diphthera

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parchment

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diphtheria

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

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fibr-

A

thread

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fibroid

A

benign smooth muscle tumors of the uterus

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fibroadenoma

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benign solid tumor of glandular tissue, such as the breast

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fil-

A

thread

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filaria

A

long thin (thread-like) worms

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filiform

A

thread-like

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filament

A

relating to a thinly spun thread

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fimbria

A

fringe

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fimbriated

A

fringed

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fembriocele

A

hernia of oviduct fimbria

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flocculus

A

tuft of wool

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flocculent

A

covered with tufts of wool-like substance

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flocculation

A

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

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ganglion (definition)

A

knot

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ganglion (med-term)

A

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

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histo-

A

web (forming a tissue)

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histology

A

study of tissues

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histopathologic

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referring to the microscope disease manifestations in tissues

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lemniscus

A

band, ribbon

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lateral lemniscus

A

a ribbon-like nerve tract that carries information on hearing

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medial lemniscus

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

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limbus (root)

A

border, margin

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limbic system

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

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limbus (med-term)

A

border of the cornea (transparent layer of the eye)

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mito-

A

thread

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mitochondria

A

intracellular organelle with threadlike membranes

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mitosis

A

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

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nema-

A

thread

67
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nematode

A

roundworms

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nematospermia

A

sperm with an abnormally elongated tail

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nodus

A

knot

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node

A

a lump (like a knot)

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nodule

A

a small lump

72
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nodulus

A

a small lump on the cerebellum of the brain

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pannus (root)

A

piece of cloth

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pannus (med-term)

A

inflammatory granulation that overgrows either joint surfaces or the cornea

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panniculus

A

layer of tissue between the skin and deeper structures

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plexus

A

woven, braided

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plexiform

A

web-like

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brachial plexus

A

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

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plica

A

fold in fabric

80
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plicate

A

to fold back and forth like a hand fan

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net

A

rete

82
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rete testis

A

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

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reticulo-

A

fine net (minnow net)

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reticulum

A

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

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reticulocyte

A

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

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ruga

A

crease in fabric

87
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gastric rugae

A

folds of inner lining of the stomach

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taenia

A

tape, ribbon

89
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taenia taeniaformis

A

tapeworm cats get from eating mice

90
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tapetum (root)

A

carpet, rug

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tapetum (med-term)

A

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

Biomedical Terminology (26 decks)

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