Med Term Chapter 5

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aden(o)

Back 1

gland

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adenoid(o)

Back 2

adenoids(an enlarged mass of lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynax)

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aneurysm(o)

Back 3

aneurysm(a sac formed by a local dilation of an artery or vein)

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angi(o)

Back 4

vessel

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vas(o)

Back 5

vessel

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vascul(o)

Back 6

vessel

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aorto(o)

Back 7

aorta

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arter(o)

Back 8

artery

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arteri(o)

Back 9

artery

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arteri(o)

Back 10

artery

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arteriol(o)

Back 11

arteriole

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ather(o)

Back 12

yellowish, fatty plaque

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atri(o)

Back 13

atrium

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cancer(o)

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cancer

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carcin(o)

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cancer

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cardi(o)

Back 16

heart

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coron(o)

Back 17

crown

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ech(o)

Back 18

sound

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son(o)

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sound

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endocardi(o)

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endocardium (the membrane lining the inner surface of the heart)

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immun(o)

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immune

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lymph(o)

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lymph, lymphatics(a system of vessels that collects tissue fluids from all parts of the body and returns the fluids to the blood circulation)

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lymphaden(o)

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lymph node

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lymphangi(o)

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lymph vessel

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lymphat(o)

Back 25

lymphatics

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mediastin(o)

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mediastinum(a median partition; an area in the middle of the chest that contains the heart and its large vessels, trachea, esophagus, thymus, and the lymph nodes)

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myocardi(o)

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myocardium(the middle and thickest layer of the heart wall, made up of cardiac muscle)

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ox(i)

Back 28

oxygen

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pericardi(o)

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pericardium(the sac enclosing the heart and the roots of the great vessels)

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phleb(o)

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vein

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ven(i)

Back 31

vein

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ven(o)

Back 32

vein

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phot(o)

Back 33

light

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pulmon(o)

Back 34

lung

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rhythm(o)

Back 35

rhythm

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rrythm(o)

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rhythm

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scler(o)

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hard, hardening

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sept(o)

Back 38

septum; partition

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sin(o)

Back 39

sinus

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splen(o)

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spleen

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steth(o),

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chest

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thorac(o)

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chest

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thym(o)

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thymus(a gland like body in the anterior mediastinal cavity that usually reaches its maximum development during childhood and then undergoes involution)

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tonsill(o)

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tonsil

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valv(o)

Back 45

valve

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valvul(o)

Back 46

valve

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ventricul(o)

Back 47

ventricle(a small cavity or chamber as in the heart or brain)

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venul(o)

Back 48

venule (a minute vein)