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Lesson 17
Lesson 17/Tissues
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| /vascular | relating to a vessel system |
| /ceps | head |
| /gen | to produce or create |
| penta/ | five |
| /poietic (adjective) | relating to the process of formation |
| oct/o | eight |
| adipose | relating to fat |
| areol/o | containing little spaces |
| areolar | relating to containing little spaces |
| avascular | lacking blood supply |
| basement membrane | holds tissue in place |
| coll/a | glue |
| collagen | glue-like fibers in connective tissue |
| column/o | column shaped |
| columnar | cells shaped like a column |
| com/ | with, con/ before m or p |
| cub/o | cube shaped |
| cuboidal | relating to cube shaped |
| elat/o | elastin |
| elastic | relating to elastin |
| elastin | major connective tissue protein |
| endocrine | secrete within |
| epitheli/o | surface tissue |
| epithelia | surface tissues |
| epithelial | relating to epithelium |
| epethelium | tissue that covers every surface of the body |
| exocrine | secretes without |
| fibr/o | fiber, containing fiber |
| fibrous | relating to fiber |
| flex/o | flexion, bending a joint |
| hematopoiesis | blood forming |
| hematopoietic | relating to blood-forming tissue |
| hy/o | hyaline cartilage |
| hyaline | type of cartilage in larynx |
| involuntary | not done by will |
| marrow | soft tissue of bone |
| matrix, matrices | connective tissue cells secrete and float in this substance |
| striated | striped |
| neuron | tissue cell of nervous system |
| neuronal | relating to nervous tissue cells |
| osse/o | bone |
| osseus | relating to bone |
| osteoporosis | condition of reduced bone mass |
| poi/e | forming, making |
| por/o | hollow |
| skelet/o | skeleton |
| reticular | a fine network formed by cells or pertaining to or resembling a net |
| skeletal | relating to the skeleton |
| skeleton | bony framework of body |
| squam/o | disk-shaped cells |
| squamous | cells that are flat disks |
| stratified | more than one layer |
| tendons | fibrous tissue |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| volunt/o | by choice or by will |
| voluntary | control by choice or will |