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chapter 1
What are the basic objectives in ...,
What does the root in a medical t...,
What is a suffix in medical termi...
41  cards
chapter 2
What is the fundamental unit of a...,
What is a group of similar cells ...,
What do different types of tissue...
44  cards
chapter 3
What is the combining form for ab...,
What does the combining form acr ...,
What is the meaning of the combin...
42  cards
chapter 4
What is the meaning of the prefix...,
What does the prefix ab signify 2,
What is the meaning of the prefix...
63  cards
chapter 5
What are the four main functions ...,
Define ingestion in the context o...,
What is digestion 3
57  cards
chapter 6
What does the suffix emesis mean 1,
What does the suffix pepsia refer...,
What does the suffix phagia mean 3
84  cards
chapter7
What are the essential organs of ...,
What is the primary function of t...,
What are nitrogenous wastes 3
37  cards
chapter 8
What is sexual reproduction 1,
What are gametes 2,
Where are gametes produced 3
183  cards
chapter 9
What is the male sex cell called 1,
What structure makes the sperm ce...,
How many spermatozoa out of 300 m...
23  cards
chapter 10
What is the primary function of t...,
What are the two major divisions ...,
What is the central nervous syste...
92  cards
chapter 11
What are the parts of the heart a...,
What is the primary function of t...,
Which vessels lead away from the ...
132  cards
chapter12
What is the exchange of air in lu...,
What is the process of gas exchan...,
What is the mediastinum 3
33  cards
chapter 13
What is the primary function of b...,
What are the main components of b...,
What percentage of blood volume i...
35  cards
chapter 14
What is lymph 1,
What are the main functions of th...,
What structures are included in i...
47  cards
chapter 15
What is the musculoskeletal syste...,
What is the primary function of b...,
What do muscles facilitate in the...
70  cards
chapter 16
What is the largest organ of the ...,
What are the three main layers of...,
What is the function of sebaceous...
29  cards
chapter 17
What is the central opening of th...,
What is the delicate membrane tha...,
What is the function of the aqueo...
56  cards
chapter 18
What is the primary function of h...,
What do hormones bind to in targe...,
Which glands are classified as en...
69  cards
chapter 19
What is cancer characterized by 1,
What percentage of people who dev...,
What are malignant tumors known t...
36  cards
chapter 20
What is the medical specialty con...,
What are x rays 2,
What is nuclear medicine 3
31  cards
chapter 21
What are the various subspecialty...,
Define pharmacodynamics 2,
Define pharmacokinetics 3
21  cards
chapter 22
What is psychiatry 1,
What degree does a psychiatrist h...,
What is the primary training of a...
34  cards
Chapter 13 Lecture
What are the main components of b...,
What is the primary function of r...,
What is the role of white blood c...
75  cards
Med Term 15
0  cards
midtier study guide
Urinary system 1,
Structures in kidney 2,
Kidneys 3
117  cards

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