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Unit 10 Flashcards

1
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en-

A

inside; put in or on (note additional new meaning)

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-ative

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word ending that turns a verb into an adjective

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-istry

A

the practice of studying

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  • phony
A

sound making

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-tripsy

A

rubbing, friction, pounding

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absorption

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taking up nutrients

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acid

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a chemical that gives off hydrogen ions

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aden

A

gland

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aero

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air

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agog

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causing secretion

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agon

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main actor, ddriver

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aliment

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food

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amel

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covering

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amyl

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chemical name for starch

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an/o
anus
proct
proct/o

A

anus

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16
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acites

A

abdominal swelling

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bar

A

weight, pressure

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bile
bil
bil/i
chole

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bile

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bladder

A

bladder

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bucca

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cheek

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canal

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canal

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22
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carboxyl

A

chemical group name

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carcin

A

cancer

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cardia

A

heart

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cathar/t

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purge

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cauda

A

tail

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cec(um)

A

dead-end pouch between ileocecal valve andn appendix

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celi
celi/o

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bowels

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cement

A

cement

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30
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chondr

A

cartilage

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chyme/o

A

liquid formed in the intestine from partially digested food

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32
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cirrh

A

inflammation of connective tissue

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33
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clast

A

breakdown

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34
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col
col/o
colon
colon/o

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colon

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35
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constipa

A

crowded together, as feces in the intestines

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36
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cyte

A

cell

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decidu

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destined to fall

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38
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deglutition

A

swallowing

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39
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dent/i
dont
odont/o

A

tooth

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40
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digest

A

digest

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41
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diverticul

A

pocket

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42
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docho

A

common bile duct

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43
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duoden/o

A

first segment of the small instestines (of three)

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44
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elast

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elastic

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45
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emesis

A

vomiting

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46
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enter/o

A

instestine

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47
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esophag/o

A

tube between the mouth and the stomach

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48
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falc

A

sickle (shape)

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49
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feces

A

feces

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50
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filum

A

thread

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51
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fist

A

abnormal opening between two spaces

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52
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flatus

A

fart

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53
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flux

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flow

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54
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folium

A

leaf

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frice

A

substance used for scrubbing

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fungi

A

fungi

57
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gall

A

bile

58
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gastr/o

A

stomach

59
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ghrel

A

“growth hormone releasing” acronym

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gingiv/o

A

gums

61
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gloss/o
ling/u

A

toungue

62
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gluc/glyc

A

sugar

63
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haustrum

A

small pouch that makes large intestine look segmented

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hepat

A

liver

65
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hepatic/o

A

hapatic duct

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hernia

A

abnormal outpocketing of an organ

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icterus

A

jaundice

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il/e/o
il/i

A

the third and last segment in the small intestines

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insula

A

island; the hormone insulin, made in pancreatic islets

70
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intestin

A

intestine

71
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islet

A

small island of tissue in the pancreas

72
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jejun

A

the second segment of the in the small intestines

73
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jug(are)

A

join

74
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kin

A

move

75
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labia

A

lips

76
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lact

A

milk

77
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lamina propria

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“one’s own layer” one of the histological layers of the digestive tract

78
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lapar/o

A

flank, loin

79
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lip

A

fat

80
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liver

A

liver

81
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lob(e)

A

lobe

82
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lumb

A

lower back

83
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lyso

A

breakdown

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macro

A

large

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mes(os)

A

in the middle

86
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mucosa

A

layer of tissue with mucus-secreting cells

87
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muscular

A

muscular

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myo

A

muscle

89
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myc

A

fungus

90
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naso

A

nose

91
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occlus(us)

A

position of teeth with mouth closed

92
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or

A

mouth

93
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otis

A

ear

94
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oxy

A

oxygen

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pancr/e/at/o

A

pancreas

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pariet

A

the outer wall of the two walled membranes around body organs

97
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peps/in/o
peptid

A

digestion

98
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periton
periton/eo

A

membrane lining the abdominal cavity

99
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pernicies

A

gradual harm

100
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phag

A

eat

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plicae
circulares

A

“circular pleats” folds in the intestinal membrane

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propuls

A

movement driven by muscular action

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pylor

A

region of the stomach where it meets the duodenum

104
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quadrate

A

four-sided

105
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redct/o

A

final segment of large intestine

106
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rub/er

A

red

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saliva
sial/o

A

saliva

108
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scend

A

climb (up or down)

109
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scleros

A

hard

110
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secretion

A

release from a cell or the body

111
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segment

A

segment

112
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serosa

A

membrane lining the contents of the abdominal cavity

113
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sigma

A

greek letter which resembles the english letter “s”

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sigmoid/o

A

shaped like the letter s

115
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splen

A

spleen

116
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stalsis

A

contraction

117
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steato

A

fatty matter

118
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sten

A

blockage

119
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sterco

A

feces

120
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stomat

A

mouth

121
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sucre

A

sugar

122
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taenia

A

genus of tapeworms

123
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trich

A

hair

124
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trypsin

A

digestive enzyme, one of the earliest enzymes discovered

125
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ulcer

A

open sore

126
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umblic

A

chord conencting the placenta to the baby

127
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vagin

A

infolded body part

128
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vallate

A

like a moat

129
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verd

A

green

130
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vermis

A

worm

131
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villus

A

small, hair like feautre of the intestines surface

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vita

A

related to life

133
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voluntus

A

of one’s free will

134
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zyme

A

ending of the word enzyme

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