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17 Cards in this Set
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aperature
hint: o o |
opening orifice
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canal (alimentary)
hint: what the hell is the alimentary canal? |
mucous membrane digestive tube from mouth to anus
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canal (vaginal)
hint: from where to where? |
canal in women from vulva to cervix uteri that receives the penis in copulation
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cavity
hint: what police might search |
a hollow place or space or a potential space, withing the body or one of its organ
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constriction
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making something narrow
to close an opening |
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dilation
dilatation |
stretch beyond normal dimensions
widening of something |
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foramen
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a natural opening passage
esp. in a bone |
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hiatus
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a gap, cleft, or opening
Tabers says an opening, a foramen, an aperture |
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introitus
hint: enter cum in, exactly where? |
opening or entrance to a canal or cavity like the vagina
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lumen
hint: this is a place not a mouth of something |
opening within a hollow tube or organ
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meatus
hint: think dirty |
urinary passage or opening
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orifice
hint: 9 in a body |
any orifice
Ex: anal orifice |
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os
hint: think of meatus |
mouth opening
os uteri mouth of uterus or cervix |
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patent
hint: the tube is patent |
adj. meaning open not plugged
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perforation
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a hole in something
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stoma
hint: man made |
artifical opening
Ex: colostomy ileostomy tracheostomy |
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ventricle
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small cavity or chamber
Ex: in the brain or heart |
