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Terminology and Anatomy Flashcards

1
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Superior?

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Up, towards the head

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Inferior?

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Down, towards lower body

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Anterior/ventral?

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Towards front of the body, in front of something

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Posterior/dorsal?

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Towards back of the body, behind something

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Medial?

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Towards middle/midline of the body

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Lateral?

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Away form middle/midline

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Proximal?

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Closest part of arm/leg attachment point on the body (ex. elbow is proximal to wrist)

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Distal?

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Furthest part of arm/leg away from point of attachment on body (ex. knee is distal to hip)

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Superficial?

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Towards surface of body

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Deep?

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Away from body

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A-/an-

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Without/lacking/absence of

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-al

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Pertaining to

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13
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Alg-

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Pain

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-algia

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Pain

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Anter(i)-/anter(o)-

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Front/forward

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Arteri(o)-

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Artery

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17
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Arthr(o-

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Joint

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Brady-

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Slow

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Bronch(o)-

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Broncial tube/bronchus

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20
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Carcino-

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Cancer

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Cardi(o)-

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Heart

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Cephal(o)-

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Head

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Cerebr(o)-

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Cerebrum/brain

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Cervic(o)-

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Neck/cervix

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Cost(o)-

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Rib

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Crani(o)-

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Skull/cranium

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Cyst(o)-

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Bladder

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Cyt-

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Cell

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Derm(o)-/Dermat(o)-

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Skin

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30
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Dors(o)-

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Back

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31
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Dys-

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Difficult/abnormal/painful

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32
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-ectomy

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Excision/excise/cut out

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33
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-emia

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Blood condition

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34
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Encephal(o)

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Brain

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35
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Epi-

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Outer/upon

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36
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Erythr(o)-

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Red

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37
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Gastr(o)-

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Stomach

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38
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-gen-

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Causing/produced by/produced in

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39
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Gluc(o)-

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Sugar

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40
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Glyc(o)-

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Sugar/sweet

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41
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-gram

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Picture/graph/record

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42
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Hem(o)-/hemat(o)-

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Blood

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43
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Hepat(o)

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Liver

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44
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Hyper-

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Excessive/high/above/upward

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45
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Hypo-

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Deficient/low/below/down

46
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Iatro-

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Treatment/physician

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-ic

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Pertaining to

48
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-ist

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Specialist

49
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-itis

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Inflammation

50
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Laryng(o)-

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Larygnx/voicebox

51
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Leuk(o)-

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White

52
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Lingu(o)

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Tongue

53
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-logist

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One who studies/specializes

54
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-logy

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Study of

55
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-lysis

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Deconstruction/dissoluation/breakdown

56
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My(o)-

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Muscle

57
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Myel(o)-

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Bone marrow/spinal cord

58
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Nas(o)-

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Nose

59
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Nephr(o)-

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Kidney

60
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Neur(o)

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Nerve

61
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-oma

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Tumour/abnormal growth

62
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Onc(o)-

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Tumour

63
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-opsy

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Process of viewing

64
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-osis

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Condition/increase

65
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Oste(o)-

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Bone

66
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-pathy/-patho

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Disease

67
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-phagia

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Eat/swallow

68
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-pnea

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Breathing

69
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Pneum(o)-

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Air/breathing/lung

70
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Pneumon(o)-

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Lung

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Poly-

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Much/many

72
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Poster(i)/poster(o)

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Back/behind

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Psyc(o)

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Mind

74
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Pulmon(o)-

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Lung

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Radi(o)-

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X-ray

76
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Ren(o)-

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Kidney

77
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Rhin(o)

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Nose

78
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-scope

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Instrument to exam/look

79
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-scopy

A

Process of examining

80
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Sub-

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Under/below

81
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Tachy-

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Fast/rapid

82
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Thorac(o)-

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Chest/thorax

83
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Thromb(o)-

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Blood clot

84
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-tomy

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Incision/incise/cut into

85
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Trans-

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Across/over/through

86
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-uria/ur(o)-

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Urine

87
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Body cavities?

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Dorsal:
- Cranial=Brain
- Spinal= spinal cord

Ventral:
- Thoracic=lungs, heart, trachea, esophagus
- Abdominal- stomach, liver, spleen, intestine, kidneys, pancreas, gallbladder
- Pelvic- bladder, reproductive organs, rectum

88
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Diaphragm’s role?

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Muscle separates thoracic and abdominal cavity

89
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The abdominal and pelvic cavity…

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Are fused together

90
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Anatomical plane definition?

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Hypothetical plane used to transect the human body

91
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Sagittal plane?

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Cutting body into right and left

92
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Midsagittal?

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Sagittal plane runs midline in the body

93
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Parasagittal?

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Uneven sagittal plane

94
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Frontal plane?

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Cutting body into front and back

95
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Name the anterior and posterior diagram *refer to sheet

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96
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Name the abdominal pelvic regions *refer to diagram

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97
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Name the abdominal pelvic quadrants *refer to diagram

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98
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Aort-

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Aotra

99
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Arteri(o)-

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Arteries

100
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Ven(o)/pleb(o)-

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Veins

101
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Angi(o)-

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Blood vessels

102
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Cholecyst-

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Gallbladder

103
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Colo-

A

Large intestine`

104
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Ileo-

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Small intestine

105
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Oto-

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Ear`

106
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Tympan-/myringo-

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Eardrum

107
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Lingu-

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Tongue

108
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Odont/dento-

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Tooth

109
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Ophthalm-/oculo-

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Eye

110
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Enceph-

A

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