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Body Structur
Question | Answer |
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a- | no, not without lack of, apart |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ana- | up |
cata- | down |
epi- | upon, above |
hypo- | below, deficient |
hyper- | above, excessive |
inter- | between |
meta- | change |
abdomin/o | abdominal |
adip/o | fat |
bol/o | throw |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chrom/o | color |
crani/o | skull |
cyt/o | cell |
hist/o | tissue |
eti/o | cause of |
erythr/o | red |
leuk/o | white |
melan/o | black |
cyan/o | blue |
xanth/o | yellow |
thel/o | nipple |
sarc/o | flesh |
thromb/o | clot |
ne/o | new |
my/o | muscle |
home/o | similar |
heter/o | dissimilar |
viscer/o | internal organ |
-eal | pertaining to |
-iac | pertaining to |
-ectomy | excision |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ism | process of |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-plasm | a thing formed |
-somes | bodies |
-tomy | process of cuttingty |
Musculoskeletal | Bones, joints, cartilage, tendons, ligaments |
Cardiovascular | Heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, capillaries) |
Lymphatic & Immune | Lymphatic vessels and nodes, spleen, thymus gland |
Respiratory | Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs |
Digestive | Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver, gall bladder, pancreas |
Urinary | Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra |
Nervous | Brain, spinal cord, nerves |
Integumentary | Skin, hair, nails, sweat, oil and wax glands |
Endocrine | Thyroid gland, pituitary gland, sex glands, adrenal glands, pancreas, parathyroid glands |
Reproductive- Female | ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, mammary glands |
Reproductive - Male | Testes, prostate, penis, urethra |
DNA | Sequence of chemicals that make up genes and directs the activities of the cell |
gene | Regions of DNA in each chromosome considered to be the basic unit of heredity |
chromosome | Rod like nucleic structures (23 pairs) composed of genes |
nucleus | Controlling structure of controlling 23 pairs of chromosomes |
cytoplasm | All the material outside the nucleus yet contained in the membrane of the cell |
mitochondria | Structures in the cytoplasm in which foods are burned and energy is released; |
endoplasmic reticulum | Canal-like structures in the cytoplasm in which large proteins are made from smaller protein pieces |
anabolism | The process of building complex proteins from amino acids |
catabolism | The process of breaking down complex foods into simpler substances and releasing energy during the process |
metabolism | The total chemical process within a cell |
cell | Basic unit of all living things |
tissue | Groups of similar cells performing one function |
organs | Structures composed of several kinds of tissues |
system | Groups of organs working together to perform complex functions |
somatic cells | Any cell in the body that is not a reproductive cell having 46 (23 pairs) of chromosomes |
germ cells | Reproductive cell either sperm or ovum having 23 chromosomes |
mitosis | Cellular division and reproduction of somatic cells |
meiosis | Cellular division and reproduction of germ cells |
epithelial tissue | Cells that cover and line all the surfaces of the body |
nerve tissue | Tissue that conducts nerve impulses all over the body |
connective tissue | Tissue that supports and combines other body parts |
viscera | Internal organs |