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anatomy terms (test thursday)

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Without, lack of: (lack of speech), anaerobic ( without oxygen)

away from: abductor ( leading away from)

capable: viable ( capable of living)

hearing: acoustics ( science of sound)

extremity: acromegaly ( laege extremitites)

to, toward, near to: adrenal ( near the kidney)

gland: adenoma ( glandular tumor)

expressing relationship: neutral (referring to nerves)

pain: gastralgia (stomach pain)

vessel: angiography (radiography of blood vessels)

before, forward: antecubital ( before elbow)

against, reversed: antiperistalsis ( reversed peristalsis)

joint: arthritis ( inflammation of a joint)

associated with: urinary (associated with urine)

condition, state of: homeostasis ( state of staying the same)

self: autolysis (self breakdown)

twice, double: bicuspid (two cups)

live: biology (study of living)

bud, germ: fibroblast (fiber-producing cell)

slow: bradycardia ( slow heart rate)

expressing relationship: cardiac ( referring to heart)

cancer: carcinogenic (causing cancer)

heart: cardiopathy (heart disease)

down, according to : catabolism (breaking down)

head: cephalic ( toward the head)

hollow: blastocele ( hollow cavity inside a blastocyst)

brain: cerebrospinal (referring to brain and spinal cord)

bile: acholic (without)

gallbladder: cholecystokinin (hormone causing the gallbladder to contract)

cartilage: chondrocyte (cartilage cell)

kill: bactericide (agent that kills bacteria)

around, about: circumduction ( circular movement)

smash, break: osteoclast (cell that breaks down bone)

co-, com-, con-

with, togethar: coenzyme ( molecule that functions with an enzyme), commisure (coming together), convergence ( to incline together)

against, opposite: contralateral ( opposite side)

hidden: cryptorchidism ( undescended or hidden tests)

bladder, sac: cystocele ( hernia of a bladder)

cell: erythrocyte (red blood cell), cytoskeleton ( supportive fibers inside a cell)

away from: dehydrate ( remove water)

skin: dermatology ( study of the skin)

two: diploid ( two sets of chromosomes)

through, apart, across: diapedesis

reversal, apart from: dissect ( cut apart)

leading, drawing, abduct ( lead away from)

pain: mastodynia ( breast pain)

difficult, bad: dysmentia (bad mind)

out, away from: eviscerate (take out viscera)

out from: ecopic ( out of place)

on outer side: ectoderm (outer skin)

cut out: appendectomy (cut out the appendix)

swell: myoedema ( pus in), encephalon ( in the brain)

blood: anemia ( deficiency of blood)

within: endometrium (within the uterus)

intestine: enteritis ( inflammation of the intestine)

upon, on:epidermis ( on the skin)

red: erythrocyte ( red blood cell)

well, good: euphoria ( well-being)

out, away from: exhalation ( breathe out)

outside, on outer side: exogenous ( originating outside)

outside: extracellular ( outside the cell)

carry: afferent ( carrying to the central nervous system)

expressing resemblance : fusiform ( resembling a fusion)

stomach: gastrodynia ( stomach ache)

produce: origin: pathogenesis ( origin of disease)

tongue: hypoglossal ( under the tongue)

sugar, sweet: glycolysis ( breakdown of sugar)

a drawing myogram ( drawing of a muscle contraction)

instrument that records: myograph ( instrument for measuring muscle contraction)

blood: hemopoiesis ( formation of blood)

half: hemplegia ( paralysis of half of the body)

liver: hepatitis ( inflammation of the liver)

different other: heterozygous ( different genes for a trait)

tissue: histology ( study of tissues)

same:homeostasis ( state of staying the same), homologous ( alike in structure or origin)

wet, water: hydrocephalus ( fluid within head)

over, above, excessive: hypertrophy ( fluid within the head)

under, below, deficient: hypotension ( low blood pressure)

expressing condition: neuralgia ( pain in nerve), flaccid ( state of being weak)

treat, cure: pediatrics ( treatment of children)

not: impermeable ( not permeable)

in, into: injection ( forcing fluid into)

below, beneath: infraorbital ( below the eye)

between: intercostal ( between the ribs)

within: intraocular ( within the eye)

condition, state of : dimorphism ( condition of two forms)

equal, the same: isotonic ( same tension)

inflammation : gastritis ( inflammation of the stomach)

expressing condition: acidity ( condition of acid)

cornea or horny tissue: keratinization ( formation of a hard tissue)

move: kinesiology ( study of movement )

white: leukocyte ( white blood cells)

bind: ligament ( structure that binds bone to bone)

fat: lipolysis ( breakdown of fats)

study: histology ( study of tissue)

breaking up, dissolving: glycolysis ( breakdown of sugar)

large: macrophage ( large phagocytic cell)

bad: malnutrition ( bad nutrition)

soft: osteomalacia ( soft bone)

breast: mastectomy ( excision of the breast)

great: megacolon ( large colon)

black: melanocyte ( black pigment- producing skin cell)

middle, mid: mesoderm ( middle skin)

beyond, after, change: metastasis ( beyond original position)

small: microorganism ( small organism)

thread, filament: mitosis ( referring to threadlike chromosomes during cell division)

one, single: monosaccharide ( one sugar)

from: morphogenesis ( formation of tissues and organs)

many, much: multinucleated ( two or more nuclei)

narrow, spinal cord: myeloid ( derived from bone marrow)

muscle: myocardium ( heart muscle)

numbness: narcotic ( drug producing stupor or weakness)

new: neonatal ( first four weeks of life)

kidney: nephrectomy ( removal of the kidney)

nerve: neutritis ( inflammation of a nerve)

eye: oculomotor ( movement of the eye)

tooth or teeth: odontomy ( cutting a tooth)

expressing resemblance: epidermoid ( resembling epidermis)

few, scanty, little: oliguria ( little urine)

tumor: carcinoma ( cancerous tumor)

see, sight: mytopia ( nearsighted)

ophthalmology ( study of the eye)

strait, normal: orthodontics ( discipline dealing with the straitening of teeth)

referring to : olfactory ( relating to the sense of smell)

full of: adipose ( full of fat)

a condition of: osteoporosis ( porous condition of bone)

bone: osteocyte ( bone cell)

ear: otolith ( ear stone)

expressing material: serous ( composed of serum)

beside, beyond, near to : paranasal ( near the nose)

disease: cardiopathy ( disease of the heart)

deficiency: thrombocytopenia ( deficiency of thrombocytes)

though, excessive: permeate ( pass though)

around: periosteum ( around bone)

eat: dysphagia ( difficulty eating or swallowing )

speak, utter: aphasia ( unable to speak)

like, love: hydrophilic ( water-loving)

vein: phlebotomy ( incision into vein)

fear: hydrophobia ( fear of water)

from, grow: neoplasm ( new growth)

paralyze: paraplegia ( paralysis of lower limbs)

breathe: apnea ( lack of breathing )

air, gas, or lungs: pneumorthorax ( air in the thorax)

foot: podiatry ( treatment of foot disorders)

making, production: hematopoiesis ( make blood cells)

many, much: polycythemia ( excess red blood cells)

after, behind: postpartum ( after childbirth)

before, in front of: prenatal ( before birth), prosect ( to cut before- for the purpose of demonstration)

anus, rectum: proctoscope( instrument for inspecting the rectum)

false: pseudostratified ( falsely layered)

mind, soul: phsycosomatic ( effect of the mind on the body )

pus: pyoderma ( pus in the skin

back, again, contrary : reflect ( bend back)

backward, located behind:retroperitoneal ( behind the peritoneum)

burst forth, pour:hemorrhage ( bleed )

flow, discharge: rhinorrhea ( nasal discharge)

flesh or fleshy: sarcoma ( connective tissue tumor)

hard: arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)

examine: endoscope ( instrument for examining the inside of a hollow organ)

half: semilunar ( shaped like a half moon)

body: somatotropin ( hormone causing body growth)

stop, stand still: hemostasis ( stop bleeding)

narrow: stenosis ( narrow canal)

to make an artificial opening tracheostomy ( make an opening into trachea)

under: subcutaneous ( under the skin)

above, upper, excessive: supercilia ( upper brows)

above, upon: suprarenal ( above kidney)

together, with: symphysis ( growing together), synapsis ( joining together)

fast, swift: tachycardia ( rapid heart rate)

heat: thermometer ( device for measuring heat)

cut, incise: phlebotomy ( incision of a vein)

poison: antitoxin ( substance that counteracts a poison)

across, through, beyond: transection ( cut across)

three: triceps ( three- headed muscle)

nourish: hypertrophy ( enlargement or over nourishment)

changing, influencing: gandotropic ( influencing the gonads)

urine: vasoconstriction (decreased diameter of blood vessel)

vein: venesection ( phlebotomy)

internal organ: visceromotor ( movement of internal organs)

yoked, paired : zygote ( diploid cell)

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