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Systems Chapter 3 Flashcards

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hyper-

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above or more than normal

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hypo-

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below or less than normal

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-trophy

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nourishment

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aden/o

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glands or glandular tissue

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-oma

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tumor

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-pathy

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disease

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lymph/o

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lymphatic tissue

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lip/o

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containing fat

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carcin/o

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cancer

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meta-

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beyond

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-stasis

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in one place (staying)

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papill/o

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small elevation of tissue

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fibr/o

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fibrous tissue

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oste/o

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bone

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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leiomy/o

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smooth muscle

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ather/o

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fatty, porridgelike

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hem/angi/o

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blood vessel

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angi/o

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vessel

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leuk/o

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white

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myel/o

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bone marrow

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-oid

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resembling

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hist/o

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tissue

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neo-

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new

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anti-

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against

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-plast/ic

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abnormal growth

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-genesis

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development

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arteri/o

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arteries

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arthr/o

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joint

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muc/o

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secretion

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cephal/o

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head

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-dynia

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pain

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encephal/o

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brain

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-cele

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herniation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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mening/o

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meninges

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adenectomy

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excision of a gland or glandular tissue

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adenitis

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inflammation of a gland or glandular tissue

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adenoma

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tumor of a gland or glandular tissue

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adenopathy

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disease condition of a gland or glandular tissue

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antineoplastic

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agent that works against tumor growth

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atheroma

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fatty (porridgelike) tissue tumor found in blood vessels

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atherosclerosis

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hardening of blood vessels caused by fatty growths

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carcinoma

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cancer of epithelial tissue

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cephalalgia

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head pain

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cephalic

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pertaining to the head

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cephalodynic

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pertaining to head pain

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cerebral

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pertaining to the cerebrum

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cerebritis

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inflammation of the cerebrum

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cerebroma

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tumor of the cerebrum

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cerebrospinal

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pertaining to the cerebrum and the spine

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cerebrovascular

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pertaining to the cerebrum and blood vessels

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cerebrum

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largest part of the brain includes the frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes

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craniectomy

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excision of the skull

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craniomalacia

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softening of the skull

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craniometer

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instrument used to measure the size skull

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cranioplasty

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surgical repair of the skull

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craniotomy

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incision into the skull

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cranium

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skull

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electroencephalogram

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tracing (pictures) showing brain wave activity

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electroencephalograph

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instrument used to turn brain waves into electrical patterns showing a picture of changes in activity

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encephalitis

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inflammation of the brain

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encephalomalacia

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softening of the brain tissue

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encephalomeningitis

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inflammation of the brain and meninges

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encephalomyelopathy

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disease condition of the brain and spinal cord

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electroneurodiagnostic

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electrical diagnostic testing (imaging) of the nervous system function

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glandular

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pertaining to a gland

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histology

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study of tissues

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hypertension

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high blood pressure

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hypertrophy

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overdevelopment, increase in size

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lipoid

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resembling fat

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lipoma

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fatty tissue tumor

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lymphadenopathy

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disease condition of the lymph glands

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lymphoma

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lymph tissue tumor

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melanocarcinoma

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malignant (cancerous) melanoma

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melanoma

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tumor involving growth of melanocytes

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meninges

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three-layered membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord

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meningitis

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inflammation of the meninges

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meningocele

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herniation of the meninges

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metastasis

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tumor that spreads beyond origin

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metastasize

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to spread beyond its origin

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metastatic

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pertaining to a metastasis or metastases

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mucosa

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mucous membrane

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mucus

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watery substance secreted by mucous membranes

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neonatal

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pertaining to newborn

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neoplasm

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new growth (tumor)

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neurodiagnostic

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pertaining to diagnostic studies performed to examine the nervous system by detecting electrical changes

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oncologist

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physician specialist in diseases involving tumors

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oncology

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the science that studies tumors

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sarcoma

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cancer of connective tissue

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tumor

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abnormal growth of tissue

Medical Terminology (42 decks)

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