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Lesson 17
Lesson 17/Tissues
Question | Answer |
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/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 |