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haney chapter 7
medterm chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plasma | liquid part of blood |
| dehydration | excessive loss of fluid from body tissues |
| homeostasis | relative constancy in the internal environment of the body |
| angi(o), vascul(o) | vessel |
| cellul(o) | little cell or compartment |
| home(o) | sameness, constant |
| hydr(o) | water |
| calc(i) | calcium |
| kal(i) | potassium |
| natr(o) | sodium |
| shunt | means to direct the flow of a body fluid from one cavity or vessel to another |
| lymph | saliva, urine, mucus, spinal fluid, tears, gastric juices, perspiration, pus |
| edema | swelling |
| electrolytes | molecules that conduct electric charge |
| hydrocephaly | abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid |
| cellular | pertaining to cells |
| intracellular | fluid within the cell |
| extracellular | fluid outside the cell |
| intercellular | fluid inside the cell |
| hydr(o) | water |
| hidr(o) | sweat, perspiration |
| hem(a), hem(o), hemat(o), -emia | blood |
| muc(o) | mucus |
| py(o) | pus |
| sial(o) | saliva, salivary glands |
| ur(o) | urine |
| perspiration | sweat |
| saliva | clear fluid produced by the salivary glands |
| mucus | slippery secretion of glands within mucous membranes |
| pus | liquid part of an infection |
| necrotic | death of tissue |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| fibrin(o) | fibrin |
| -ant | that which causes |
| -ate | to cause an action or result of the action |
| phil(o) | attraction |
| coagul(o) | coagulation |
| -cidal | killing |
| -poietin | that which causes production |
| necr(o) | death |