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A-C Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aperture | an opening |
| arthr | prefix meaning joint |
| ab | term meaning antibody |
| atherosclerosis | hardening of the arteries; specifically, characterized by yellowish plaques of cholesterol and lipid in the tunica lntima of medium and large arteries |
| angulus | an angle |
| ATP | a nucleotide compounds containing three high-energy phosphate bonds attached to a phosphate group |
| alimentary canal | the digestive tract from mouth to anus |
| amorphous | without apparent structure at some given level of observation |
| ad | prefix meaning toward the midline |
| ante | prefix meaning foward |
| arterio | prefix meaning artery |
| a | prefix meaning an, without |
| aspera | rough |
| ANS | autonomic nervous system |
| atrophy | usually associated with decrease in size as in a muscle |
| acinus | a sac-like gland |
| anserine | like a goose |
| areolar | filled with spaces |
| arthritis | inflammation of a joint |
| asters | rays of microtubules projecting from centrioles |
| avascular | without blood vessels or, in some cases, blood |
| algia | suffix meaning pain |
| afferent | leading to a center |
| angina | pain, especially cardiac pain |
| antigen | any substance capable of inciting an immune response and reacting with the products of that response |
| ano | prefix meaning anus |
| alveolus | grape-shaped cavity, rounded or oblong |
| articulation | a joint or connection of bones, movable or not |
| ag | term meaning antigen |
| avulsion | tearing apart away from the whole, as in tearing a tendon from its attachment to bone |
| aorta | largest artery in the body |
| anatomy | the study of structure |
| actin | protein of muscle, associated with the contraction/relaxation of muscle cells |
| adeno | prefix referring to a gland |
| apophysis | an outgrowth;a process |
| antecubital | in front of the elbow |
| ansa | loop |
| abdomen | region between the thoracic diaphragm and the pelvis |
| abcess | cavity in disintegrating tissue, characterized by the presence of pus and infective agents |
| arborization | branching of terminal dendrites |
| angled list | the point of junction between two intersecting lines |
| ab | prefix meaning away from the midline |
| amphi | prefix meaning double, about, around both sides |
| aponeurosis | a flat tendon |
| anomaly | an abnormality, especially in relation to congenital or developmental variations from the normal |
| antebrachium | the forearm |
| ampulla | dilation of a tubular structure |
| arrhythmia | a variation from the normal rhythm of the heartbeat |
| amino acid | a two-carbon molecule with a side chain that contains either nitrogen or a carboxyl group |
| angio | prefix meaning a vessel |
| apical | an apex or pointed extremity |
| anastomosis | connection between two vessels |
| anemia | condition of inadequate numbers of red blood corpuscles |
| arm | that part of the upper limb between the shoulder and elbow joints |
| basila | at the base or bottom |
| bilateral | both sides (left and right) |
| centesis | suffix meaning puncture |
| cerumen | wax secretion of the external ear |
| corpus | body |
| bursitis | inflammation of a bursa |
| conch | a large spiral shell |
| corona | crown |
| cysto | prefix meaning bladder |
| back | region making up the posterior most wall of the thorax and abdomen, supported by the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae |
| chol | prefix meaning bile |
| concentric | type of muscle contraction in which the internal contracting force of a muscle is greater than the external load imposed on it |
| contraction | shortening |
| cribiform | perforated like a sieve |
| basement membrane | basal lamina and a contiguous layer of collagenous tissue controlling diffusion and transport |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| ceph | prefix meaning central, at or toward the center |
| clot | coagulated blood |
| condylar | referring to a rounded process, as in a joint surface |
| canaliculus | a small canal |
| cardio | prefix meaning heart |
| cauda equine | the vertically oriented bundle of nerve roots within the vertebral canal below the level of the first lumbar vertebra (horse tail) |
| chromosome | colored body |
| clast | suffix meaning disruption, breaking up |
| benign | nonmalignant; often used to mean mild or of lesser significance |
| bolus | a mass of food; any discrete mass |
| circulare | circle |
| colli | prefix meaning neck |
| coxa | the hip |
| bicipital | two-headed |
| bursa | synovial-lined sac between tendons and bone or muscle and muscle |
| cancer | condition in which certain cells undergo uncontrolled mitoses with invasiveness |
| cauterization | destruction of tissue by heat |
| coagulation | the clotting of the blood |
| carpo | prefix meaning wrist |
| collateral | alternate circulatory routes |
| concretion | inorganic or mineralized mass, usually in a cavity or tissue |
| corona radiata | radiating crown |
| cystitis | inflammation of the urinary bladder |
| bicuspid | a structure, e.g., a tooth or valve, with two cusps |
| cd4 | a collection of cell surface molecules with specific structural characteristics (markers) reflecting a common lineage |
| cerv | prefix meaning neck |
| colo | prefix meaning colon |
| complement | a group of proteins in the blood whose activation causes their cleavage and fragmentation |
| bifurcate | to branch |
| capillary attraction | force that attracts fluid to a surface, such as water flowing along the under surface of a pouring tube |
| cavity | a space between membranes that can enlarge with fluid accumulation |
| chondro | prefix meaning cartilage |
| cleavage | division into distinct parts |
| cerebro | prefix meaning brain; specifically, cerebral hemisphere |
| clearing | the process of clearing water or solvent out of a specimen in preparation from microscopic study |
| cornu | a horn-shaped process |
| costa | rib |
| cusp | triangular structure characterized by a tapering projection |
| blast | suffix meaning formative cell; immature form |
| bronch | prefix referring to bronchi or bronchioles of the respiratory tract |
| caput medusa | term that is used for snake-like appearance of the dilated, interwoven mass of subcutaneous veins surrounding the umbilicus in the condition of portal vein obstruction |
| chir | prefix meaning hand |
| contiguous | adjoining and being in contact |
| coelom | the embryonic body cavity |
| concha | structure shaped like a conch shell |
| contra | prefix meaning against |
| corpuscle | any small body, not necessarily a cell |
| cubital | front or anterior aspect of the elbow |
| blood borne | referring to some structure carried by the blood |
| C.N.S | system consisting of the brain and spinal cord |
| clinical | the setting in which a person is examined for evidence of injury or disease |
| condyle | rounded projection of bone; usually referring to a bony process |
| cutan | prefix referring to the skin |
| capitulum | rounded process of bone, usually covered with articular cartilage |
| cell body | the main, largest single mass of a neuron, containing the nucleus surrounded by organelles in the cytoplasm |
| collagen | protein of connective tissue fibers |
| con | prefix meaning together |
| coronoid | crown-like or beak-shaped, referring to a bony process |
| blephar | prefix meaning eyelid |
| brachi | prefix meaning arm |
| cheil | prefix meaning lip |
| choana | referring t a funnel, as in the nasal passageways or apertures |
| costochondritis | an inflammation surrounding the cartilage of a joint of a rib |
| basal lamina | thin layer of interwoven collagen fibrils interfacing epithelial cells and connective tissue |
| bi | prefix meaning two |
| blood-brain barrier | a state in the central nervous system in which substances toxic or harmful to the brain are physically prevented from getting to the brain |
| cm | centimeter |
| cruciate | shaped like a cross |
| cancellous | having lattice-like or spongy structure with visible holes |
| cranium | that part of the skull containing the brain |
| crine | prefix meaning separate off |
| crus | leg |
| crux | cross |
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