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104 Cards in this Set
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away from + to lead
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abduct
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muscle which moves the part away from the midline of the body or a part of the body
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abductor
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vinegar receptacle
the socket of the hip joint |
acetabulum
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(grape)-the smallest lobule of a gland or a sac-like dilation of a small passage
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Acinus
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(raised point-+-shoulder)
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Acromion
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(toward+ lead)
to draw toward |
Adduct
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(gland)
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Aden
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(gland + like)
lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx |
Adenoid
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(to+ bind)
the ovary and tube are "attached" to the uterus |
Adnexa
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(to come in, an addition from without)-
outer tissue |
Adventitia
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toward + carry
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Afferent
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(wing)
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Ala
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(white)
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Alba
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(hollow+small space)-
tooth socket or air spaces of the lung |
Alveolus
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(flask shaped)-
a dilated area + a narrow neck |
Ampulla
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(almond shaped)
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Amygdaloid
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(up + mouth)
mouth-like openings coming together |
Anastomosis
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(up+ widening)
a widening or ballooning out of an artery |
Aneurysm
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(vessel)
carries lymph or blood |
Angio
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(round)
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Annular
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(handle of a jug) - nervous structure in the form of a loop
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Ansa
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(spider web + like) -a thin membrane over the brain and spinal cord
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Arachnoid
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(arched)
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Arcuate
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-(joint)
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Arthro
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(star + cell)
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Astrocyte
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____-the 1st cervical vertebra (Cl)
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Atlas
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____ (self+ law) -a self regulated (law unto itself) nervous system
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Autonomic
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____ (axle) -each neuron has a single axon arising from the axon hillock
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Axon
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____ (unyoked)-not a pair
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Azygos
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____ (throw)-a large quantity of a substance, ingested or injected, and intended for therapeutic or diagnostic usage
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Bolus
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____ (arm+ head)
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Brachiocephalic
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____ (bubble)
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Bulla
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____ (purse or sac)
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Bursa
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____ (spongy) (lattice
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Cancellous
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____ (the corner of the eye)
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Canthus
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____ (head) -any rmmded head-like structure
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Caput
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____ (head) -a carpal bone
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Capitate
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____ (small head)
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Capitellum
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____ (small head)-the distal rounded portion of the humerus, or the head of the mandible
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Capitulum
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____ (primary)
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Cardinal
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____ (the keel of a boat) -a ridge at the bifurcation of the trachea
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Carina
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____ (vvrist)
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Carpus
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____ (tail)
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Cauda
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____ (belly)
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Celiac
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____ (brain)
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Cephalos
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____ (brain + little)
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Cerebellum
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____ (neck) -a constricted portion
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Cervix
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____ (the mark of the letter X)
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Chiasma
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____ (bile)
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Chole
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____ (cartilage)
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Chondro
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____ (lymphatic fluid)
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Chyle
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____ (bile+ lead)-the common bile duct
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Choledochus
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____ (a reservoir)
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Cisterna
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____ (large intestine)
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Colon
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____ (vagina)
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Colpo
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____ (shell)-a shell like projection into the nasal cavity
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Concha
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____ (cone shaped)
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Conus
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____ (crown)
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Corona
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____ (horn)
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Cornua
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____ (outer bark or rind)
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Cortex
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____ (like a crow's beak)
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Corocoid
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____ (like a cro\vn) -a process of the ulna or mandible
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Coronoid
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____ (body)
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Corpus
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____ (rib)
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Costo
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____ (skull) -the skull minus the mandible
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Cranium
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____ (sieve + likeness)
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Cribriform
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____ (ring)-laryngeal cartilage resembling a signet ring
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Cricoid
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____ (cross) -crossing ligaments attached to neck vertebrae
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Cruciate
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____ (cross)
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Crus
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Cuboid
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____ (wedge+ shape)
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Cuneiform
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____ (blue + condition) - a dark blue coloration of the skin due to deficient Oxygenation of the blood
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Cyanosis
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____ (cell + sprout) -cellular nucleus
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Cytoblast
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____ (cell+ formation)
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Cytoplasm
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____ ( an X shaped intersection of two lines)
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Decussation
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____-resembles the Greek letter ∆
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Deltoid
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____ (tree) -a branching
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Dendron
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____ -a branched process extending from a cell body
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Dendrite
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____ (tooth) -the upward projection of the body of the C2 vertebra
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Dens
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____ (skin)
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Dermis
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____ (to throw down)-contraction of bladder muscle
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Detrusor
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____ (through+ knowledge)-the evaluation of diseases through knowledge
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Diagnosis
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____ (through+ growth)-the shaft of a long bone
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Diaphysis
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____ (through-+-joint)-a movable joint
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Diarthrosis
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____ (double+ uterus)
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Didelphys
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____ (through+ brain)-the posterior part of the forebrain (thalamic structures)
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Diencephalon
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____ (double+ belly)-a muscle with two fleshy bellies extending from the mandible and temporal bone to the hyoid bone
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Digastric
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____ (the back)
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Dorsum
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____ (twelve)-the first portion of the small intestines, originally thought to be twelve fingerbreadths in length
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Duodenum
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____ (hard)
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Dura (hard)
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____ (outside + skin)
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Ectoderm
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____ (outside of place) -something located in a place it is not supposed to be
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Ectopic
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____ (intestine)
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Enteron
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____ (upon+ the angle (comer) of the eye)
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Epicanthus
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____ (upon + skin)
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Epidermis
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____ (upon-;-belly)-the upper central portion of the anterior abdominal wall
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Epigastrium
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____ (upon + tongue)
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Epiglottis
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____ (upon + growth) -part of a long bone developed from a separate center of ossification
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Epiphysis
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____ (upon+ ovary)-tubules in the mesosalpinx and near the ovary
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Epoophoron
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____ (band or bandage)-a collection of connective tissue
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Fascia
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____ (sickle)-a sickle-like structure
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Falx
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____ (passages)-the passage to the pharynx
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Fauces
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____ (window)
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Fenestra
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____ (thread)
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Filum
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