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Unit 2-Chapter 5
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip- | fat: adipose tissue—tissue that stores fat. |
| chondr- | cartilage: chondrocyte—cartilage cell. |
| -cyt- | cell: osteocyte—bone cell. |
| epi- | upon, after, in addition: epithelial tissue—tissue that covers all free body surfaces. |
| -glia- | glue: neuroglia—cells that support neurons; part of nervous tissue. |
| hist- | web, tissue: histology—study of composition and function of tissues. |
| hyal- | resemblance to glass: hyaline cartilage—flexible tissue containing chondrocytes. |
| inter- | among, between: intercalated disc—band between adjacent cardiac muscle cells |
| macr- | large: macrophage—large phagocytic cell. |
| neur- | nerve: neuron—nerve cell. |
| os- | bone: osseous tissue—bone tissue. |
| phag- | to eat: phagocyte—cell that engulfs and destroys foreign particles. |
| pseud- | false: pseudostratified epithelium—tissue with cells that appear to be in layers, but are not. |
| squam- | scale: squamous epithelium—tissue with flattened or scalelike cells. |
| strat- | layer: stratified epithelium—tissue with cells in layers. |
| stria- | groove: striations—alternating light and dark cross-markings in skeletal and cardiac muscle cells. |