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Session 9: Animal and Plant References Flashcards

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amnios

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lamb

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amnion

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a thin tough, fluid filled sac that encloses the embryo of fetus

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amnion (greek)

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greek name for the bowl in which the blood of sacrificed lambs was collected

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bous

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ox

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buphthalmos

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ox-like enlargement of the eye

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cancer/carcino-

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crab

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carcinoma

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malignant tumor with projections like a crab’s legs

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caninus

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dog

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canine teeth

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flesh tearing pointed teeth, prominent in dogs

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coccos

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cuckoo

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coccyx

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small triangular bone at the base of the spine in humans and tailless apes

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coracos

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crow

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coracoid process

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a long curved bony projection from the neck of the shoulder blade shaped like a crow’s beak

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corone

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crow

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coronoid

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bone processes that resemble a crows beak

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entomo-

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insect

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entomology

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study of insects

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equus/equi-

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horse

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cauda equina

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bunch of nerve fibers at the end of the spinal cord that appear like a horse’s tail

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formica

A

ant

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formalin

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a 37% solution of formaldehyde in water (first obtained by distilling red ants)

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formaldehyde

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gas phase of a fixative and antibacterial agent used to prepare carcasses for anatomy specimens

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hippo-

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horse

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hippocampus

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a portion of the brain shaped like a sea horse

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lagos

A

hare

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lagophthalmia

A

failure of the eyelid to close (rabbits were believed to sleep with their eyes open)

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lagomorph

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rabbits and hares

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lupus

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wolf

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lupus erythematosus

A

autoimmune disease that causes red scaly skin patches on nose and cheeks (people with skin changes were believed to look like a wolf)

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myo-

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mouse

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myocardium

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heart muscle

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myositis

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Inflammation of muscle

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pediculus

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louse (lice)

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pediculosis

A

louse infestation

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psittacos

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parrot

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pisttacosis

A

respiratory disease of parrots and parrot-like birds that can be transmitted to humans

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pulex

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flea

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pulicosis

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flea infestation

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39
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vacca

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cow

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40
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vaccine

A

a suspension of killed or attenuated microorganisms for the prevention, reduction, or treatment of infectious disease

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vaccination

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the administration of a vaccine

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zoo-

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pertaining to animals

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zoonosis

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disease transmittable from animals to humans under natural conditions

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acinus

A

cluster of grapes

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acinar

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pertaining to granular (blackberry-like) appearance of certain organs like the pancreas

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adeno-

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acorn (gland)

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adenitis

A

inflammation of a glad

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adenoma

A

benign tumor of a gland

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arbor

A

tree, branching

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aboreal

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resembling or living in trees

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arborization

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branching like a tree (such as occurs with nerve fibers)

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bothryo-

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bunch of grapes

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botyromycosis

A

granulomatous masses produced in a wound infected with staphylococcus bacteria

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canna

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cannula

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small reed-like hollow tube, instrument

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coccus

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staphylococcus

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common round bacteria that bunches like berries

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dendro-

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tree, branching

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dendrite

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long branches within a nerve fiber and produced by a nerve cell body

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dendritic

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pertaining to dendrites

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glans

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gland

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group of tissues that form a mass, some like an acorn

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glandular

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relating to glands

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karyo-

A

nut, nucleus

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megakaryocyte

A

giant cell with large nucleus in bone marrow that produces platelets

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lens

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lenticular

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referring to a lens (lentil bean shaped object)

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lichen

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lichenified

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skin sore that becomes thickened, fissured, and bark-like

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milium

A

millet seed

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miliary

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small round, like a millet seed

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nux

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nux vomica

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“quakers buttons” nuts, source of strychnine poison, used in homeopathy

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nucleolus

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dense organelle inside of the nucleus of cells

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lentil

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phako-/phaco-

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aphakia

A

absence of lens of eye

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phacoscope

A

instrument to view the lens of the eye

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-phyll

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chlorophyll

A

green colored plant pigment

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phyto-/-phyte

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dermatophyte

A

ringworm (skin fungus/plant)

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phytopathology

A

study of plant diseases

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branch

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ramus of mandible

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branch of mandible that turns upward to joint of the jaw

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rhizo-

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rhizotomy

A

surgical incision of a cranial or spinal nerve root

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sesamoid

A

sesame seed

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sesamoid bone

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small bone embedded in a tendon

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spermato-

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spermatocyte

A

male reproductive cell (seed) for uniting with an ova (egg from female)

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spermatozoa

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male reproductive cells (seeds)

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sporo-

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sporozoa

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parasitic protozoa with microscopic seed-like appearance

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sporotrichosis

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a fungus that grows under the skin and produces spores that appear like microscopic seeds

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staphylo-

A

bunch of grapes

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staphylococci

A

round bacteria that bunch in groups like grapes

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staphylotoxin

A

poison produced by staphylococci bacteria

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urtica

A

stinging nettle

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urticaria

A

development of hives in skin

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xylo-

101
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xylene

A

aromatic hydrocarbon from wood tar

102
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xylose

A

monosaccharide from methylcellose

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