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107 Cards in this Set
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hist/o
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tissue
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epitheli/o
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epithelium
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dors/o
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back of body
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dist/o
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away from
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cyt/o
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cell
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crani/o
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skull
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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cephal/o
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head
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caud/o
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tail
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anter/o
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front
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adip/o
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fat
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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trans-
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through or across
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supra-
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above
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sub-
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below or under
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retro-
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behind or backward
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post-
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behind or after
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peri-
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around or about
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intra-
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within
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inter-
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between
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epi-
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above
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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ventr/o
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belly
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thorac/o
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chest
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system/o
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system
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super/o
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above
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spin/o
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spine
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somat/o
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body
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proxim/o
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near to
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poster/o
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back
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pelv/o
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pelvis
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oste/o
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bone
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neur/o
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nerve
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organ/o
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organ
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muscul/o
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muscle
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medi/o
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middle
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build up of body
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cell, tissue, organs, system
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cytology
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study of cell
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cell membrane
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outside
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cytoplasm
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body of cell
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nucleus
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middle of cell
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chromosomes
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within nucleus
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genes
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hereditary characteristics
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DNA
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activity of the cell
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karyotype
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picture of nucleus
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xx
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female
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xy
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male
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downs syndrome
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47 chromosomes
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normal # of chormosomes
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46/23 pairs
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histology
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study of tissue
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muscle tissue
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movement
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nervous tissue
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sends message back & forth from brain
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connective tissue
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bone,blood,fat,cartilage
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morbidity
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sickness or illness
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epithelial
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skin, surronds internal organs
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mortality
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death
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febrile
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fever
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inflammation
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how body protects you
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sagittal
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right and left
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coronal/frontal
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front & back
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transverse
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top,bottom
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RUQ
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intestines,pancreas,liver,
gallbladder |
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LUQ
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intestines,pancreas,liver,
stomach,spleen |
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RLQ
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intestines,ureter,appendix,
ovary,fallopian tube |
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LLQ
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intestines,ureter,ovary,
fallopian tube |
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signs
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what health care worker can see
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symptoms
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what patient says is wrong
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clinical findings
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help determine whats wrong:
x-rays,lab results |
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homeostasis
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eveything is working good
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etiology
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study of cause
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diagnosis
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name of whats wrong with you
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prognosis
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prediction on how you will recover
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idiopathic
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unknown disease
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extension
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to straighten
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flexion
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to bend
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afferent
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toward
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efferent
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away from
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unilateral
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one side
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bilateral
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two sides
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oblique
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angle
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internal
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inside
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external
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outside
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central
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middle
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supine position
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laying face up
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anatomical position
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facing forward with palms out
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prone position
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laying on belly
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dorsal cavity
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cranial, spinal
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Ventral cavity
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thoracic,abdominal,pelvic,
abdominopelvic,diaphragm |
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medical words are mostly
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greek or latin
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eponyms
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something named after someones last name
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acronyms
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word made of letters
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word root
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base word, tell body system or part. maybe more than one
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prefix
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beginning of word, tells location of organ,number of parts, of time (frequency)
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suffix
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ending of word, condition, disease, or procedure
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combining vowel
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used to link on word root to another root or suffix, it is not used when suffix begins with a vowel
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combining form
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created by the word root and combining vowel
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superior or cephalic
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more toward the head, or above another structure
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inferior or caudal
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more toward the feet or tail, or below another structure
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anterior or ventral
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more toward the front or belly-side of body
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posterior or dorsal
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more toward the back or spinal cord side of body
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lateral
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refers to the side
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apex
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tip or summit of an organ
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base
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bottom or lower part of an organ
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proximal
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located nearer to the point of attachment to the body
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distal
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located farther away from the point of attachment to the body
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superfical
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more toward the surface of the body
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deep
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further away from the surface of the body
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