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Med. Term Ch 2
All of the words and word parts from chapter two
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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