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Med. Term Ch 2
All of the words and word parts from chapter two
Question | Answer |
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Neo- | New |
pro- | before |
dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient |
meta- | after, beyond, change |
dia- | through, complete |
hyper- | above, excessive |
cyt/o | cell |
fibr/o | fiber |
lip/o | fat |
hist/o | tissue |
epitheli/o | epithelium |
aden/o | gland |
kary/o | nucleus |
my/o | muscle |
viscer/o | internal organs |
sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
neur/o | nerve |
system/o | system |
organ/o | organ |
gno/o | knowledge |
cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
eti/o | cause (of disease) |
path/o | disease |
somat/0 | body |
lei/o | smooth |
onc/o | tumor, mass |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped, striated |
iatr/o | physician, medicine (also means treatment) |
melan/o | black |
erythr/o | red |
xanth/o | yellow |
leuk/o | white |
cyan/o | blue |
chrom/o | color |
chlor/o | green |
-al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
-gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
-genesis | origin, cause |
-cyte | cell |
-plasm | growth, substance, formation |
-sis | state of |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
-stasis | control, stop, standing |
-genic | producing, originating, causing |
-logy | study of |
-oma | tumor, swelling |
-pathy | disease |
-oid | resembling |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
-logist | one who studies and treats (specialist, physician) |
cell | basic unit of all life |
tissue | similar cells that perform a specific task |
organ | two or more kinds of tissue that together perform special body functions |
systems | a group of organs that work together to perform complex body functions |
cell membrane | boundary of a cell |
cytoplasm | substance outside nucleus of a cell |
nucleus | central structure containing chromosomes |
muscle tissue | produces movement |
nervous tissue | conducts impulses to and from the brain |
connective tissue | connects, supports, penetrates, and encases various body structures |
epithelial tissue | found in the skin and the lining of the blood vessels |
chromosomes | 46 in human cells except for mature sex cells, which has 23 |
genes | regions within the chromosome (determine hereditary characteristics |
cranial cavity | brain |
spinal cavity | spinal cord |
thoracic cavity | heart, lungs, esophagus, trachea, bronchi |
abdominal cavity | stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, ureters |
pelvic cavity | urinary bladder, certain reproductive organs, part of large intestines, rectum |