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130 Cards in this Set
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
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aden/o
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gland
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adip/o
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fat
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amni/o
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amnion (sac surrounding embryo in uterus)
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angi/o
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vessel
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arteri/o
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artery
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axill/o
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armpit
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes (two, R, L, branch from trachea to enter lungs)
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carcin/o
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cancer
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cardi/o
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heart
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chem/o
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drug, chemical
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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chron/o
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time
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col/o
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colon (lg intestine)
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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encephal/o
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brain
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erythr/o
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red
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hem/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hydr/o
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water, fluid
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inguin/o
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groin
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isch/o
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to hold back
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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laryng/o
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larynx (voice box)
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leuk/o
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white
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lymph/o
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lymph (clear fluid, bathes tissue spaces, contained in special lymph vessels/nodes throughout body)
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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morph/o
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shape, form
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muc/o
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mucus
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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necr/o
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death (of cells or whole body)
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve
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neutr/o
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neutrophil (WBC)
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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oste/o
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bone
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ot/o
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ear
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path/o
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disease
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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phag/o
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eat, swallow
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phleb/o
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vein
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plas/o
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formation, development
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pleur/o
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pleura (membrane surrounding lungs, adjacent to chest wall)
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pneumon/o
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lungs
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pulmon/o
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lungs
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radi/o
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x-rays
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rect/o
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rectum
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ren/o
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kidney
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rhin/o
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nose
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sarc/o
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flesh
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splen/o
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spleen
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staphyl/o
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clusters
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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thorac/o
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chest
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thromb/o
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clot
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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trache/o
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trachea (windpipe)
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ven/o
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vein
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-cele
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hernia
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-sentesis
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surgical puncture to remove
abdominocentesis- or abdominal paracentesis (fluid removed from peritoneal cavity, para- near, beside) |
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-coccus
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berry-shaped bacteruim
staphylococci- microbiologists often refer to bacteria in clusters as "staph"' |
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-dynia
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pain
pleurodynia- pain in the chest wall aggravated by breathing |
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-ectomy
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excision, removal, resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genesis
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condition of producing, forminf
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, separation
hemolysis- breakdown of RBC's w/ release of hemoglobin |
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-malacia
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softeneing
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor, mass
myosarcoma- malignant tumor, muscle is flesh (sarco) multiple myeloma- bone marrow |
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-opsy
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to view
necropsy- autopsy or postmortem exam |
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-pathy
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disease condition
cardiomyopathy- primary disease of heart muscle in absence of known underlying etiology (cause) |
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-penia
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deficiency
neutropenia- neutrophil, WBC |
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-phobia
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fear
acrophobia- of heights, acr/o meaning extremeties agoraphobia- venturing into crowded places |
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-plasia
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development, formation, growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
angioplasty- opening of a narrowed blood vessel, permanently w/ stents |
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-ptosis
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falling, dropping, prolapse
blepharoptosis- physicians use ptosis to indicate dropping of eyelids or breasts |
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-sclerosis
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hardening
arteriosclerosis- deposits of fat collect in an artery |
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-stasis
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stopping, controlling
metastasis- spread of a malignant tumor beyond original site to secondary organ/location |
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-stomy
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opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
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treatment
radiotherapy- high energy radiation used to treat, not diagnose |
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hemostasis
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control of blood loss after injury or during surgery
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ischemia
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blood flow to tissues is not sufficient
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-tomy
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incision, cutting into
laparotomy- creation of a large incision into peritoneal cavity, often exploratory |
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
hypertrophy- inc. in size, not number atrophy- decrease in size |
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-er
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one who
radiographer- technologist who assists in making of diagnostic x-ray pictures |
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-ia
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condition
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-ole
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little, small
arteriole |
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-ule
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little, small
venule |
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-um, -ium
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structure, tissue
pericarduim- membrane surrounding heart |
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-us
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structure, substance
esophagus- inward, within |
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-al -ar -ary -eal |
pertaining to
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-genic
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pertaining to
osteogenic- sarcoma, malignant tumor produced in bone |
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-ic, -ical
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chronic
acute- is the opposite of chronic, describes a disease that's rapid onset and has severe symptoms and brief duration |
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-oid
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resembling
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-ose
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pertaining to, full of
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-ous
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pertaining to
mucous membrane- produce sticky secretion called mucus |
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-tic
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pertaining to
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hiatal hernia
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stomach protrudes upwards into mediastinum through esophageal opening in diaphragm
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inguinal hernia
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intestine protrudes downward into the groin region and commonly into the scrotal sac
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cystocele
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part of the urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal wall as a result of weakness of the pelvic muscles
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rectocele
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protrusion of a portion of the rectum toward the vagina
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omphalocele
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herniation of the intestines through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the naval occurring in infants at birth
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amniocentesis
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fluid drawn from he amnion for microscopic analysis, indications of defects in the developing spinal cord and column of fetus, 12-18 weeks
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abscess
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collection of pus, BWC's, and protein present at the site of an infection
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MRSA
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methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infection- affects skin, causing boils and abscesses
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diplococci
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berry shaped bacteria organized into pairs: pneumococci (lungs), cause bacterial pneumonia; and gonococci (seed) reproductive organs (STD)
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erythrocytes
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RBC's, made in the bone marrow, carry oxygen from the lungs through the blood to all body cells; body cells use oxygen to burn food and relaease energy (catabolism)
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hemoglobin
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important protein in erythrocytes, carries oxygen through bloodstream
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leukocytes
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WBC's, 5 kinds of: 3 granulocytes (polymorphonuclear cells), and 2 agranulocytes (mononuclear cells)
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granulocytes
eosinophils 3% |
granules stain red (eosin/o- rosy) are active and increased in number in allergic conditions such as asthma
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granulocyte
basophils >1% |
stain blue (bas/o-basic), number increases in the healing phase if inflammation
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granulocyte
neutrophils 50-60% |
stain pale purple, disease fighting cells; phagocytes- engulf and digest bacteria, most numerous disease fighting "soldiers", referred to as "polys" because of multilobed nucleus
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agranulocytes
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one large nucleus and a few granules in cytoplasm; produced in bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes, two types
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agranulocyte
lymphocyte 32% |
fight disease by producing antibodies, destroying foreign cells (may attach directly to foreign cells and destroy them); two types: T cells and B cells
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agranulocytes
monocytes 4% |
1 large nucleus, engulf and destroy cellular debris after neutrophils have attacked foreign cells; leave bloodstream and enter tissues to become MACROPHAGES (lg phago's)
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thrombocytes
platelets |
blood cell, clotting cells, tiny fragments of cells formed in bone marrow and necessary fro clotting
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anemia
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condition of reduction in number of erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in circulating blood; classified according to different problems arising with RBC's
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aplastic anemia
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severe type; occurs when bone marrow fails to produce erythrocytes, leukocytes and thrombocytes
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ischemia
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hold back (isch/o) blood (-emia) from a part of the body; tissues become ischemic when they lose normal blood flow and become deprived of oxygen (blood clots, occlusion- fatty deposits)
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tonsil
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lymphatic tissue at back of throat, contain WBC's (lymphocytes) that filter and fight bacteria
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tonsillitis
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tonsils becoming inflamed and infected (streptococcal infection), may require a tonsillectomy
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acromegaly
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endocrine disorder of the pituitary gland, produces an excessive amount of growth hormone after the completion of puberty (often a benign tumor on pituitary)
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achondroplasia
inherited disorder, dwarfism |
bones of arms and legs fail to grow normal size becuse of defect in cartilage and bone; characterized by short limbs, normal size head/ body, and normal intelligence
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laparoscopy or
peritoneoscopy |
visual examination of abdominal (peritoneal) cavity using laparoscope
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tracheotomy
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incision into trachea to open below blockage
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