Unit #3 - Terms on the Test Flashcards
adipo-
fat
-cyte
cell
astro
star shaped
oligo
severl
dendro
tree
erythro
red
mega
large
karyo
nucleus
leuko
white
lympho
vessels that drain
thrombo
clotting
centro
center
some
body of/ in a cell
chromo
color
lyso
responsible for breakdown
nucleo
nucleus
per
large amount
oxi
oxygen
phago
toeat
de-
undoing
natur
natural state
ation
process of
re-
restoring
pino
drinking
osis
process of
endo
inside
exo
outside
dimunitive suffix
cule,elle,icle,icul,ula,ule
chemical name ending
ase,ate,ein,in,ole,one,ose
acid/alkali
property of some chemicals
allele
one form of a gene
apex
tip or highest point
blast
rapidly dividing cell
bol
throwing or forward motion
chondrion
grain
crine
secretion
diffus
pouring out
dynam
power,energy
gen, geno, genet
pertain to birth
glyc,glyco
sweet or sugar
hydra, hydro
water
pept, peptido
protein
phase
stage
organ
instrument
ptosis
drooping
prot,prote,proteo
first or original
stratum
layers
gluco, gylco, sucro
sugar
receptor
protein on the surface of a cell that sends a signal
hydrophobic
afraid of water
hydrophil
loves water
yeast
protein that speeds up a chemical reaction
squamos
cells that are wider than tall (fish scale)
amphi-
around; on both sides
apo-
from, off, away
auto -
self
cata -
down, downward
di-
two or double
mono-
one or single
en-
inside
eu-
good,well
haplo-
single
hetero-
other, different
holo-
whole
inter-
between, amount
iso-
equal
mero-
a part
meta-
between, with, after;change
poly-
many, much
pseudo-
false, lying
telo
an end, complete
tri-
three