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100 Cards in this Set
- Front
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surgical puncture
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-centesis
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cell
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-cyte
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condition
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-ia
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specialist
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-ist
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inflammation
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-itis
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one who studies
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-logist
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study of
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-logy
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enlarged
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-meagly
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instrument to measure
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-meter
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process of measuring
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-metry
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condition
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-osis
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loss of movement and feeling
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-paralysis
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disease
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-pathy
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-tic, ous, ic, al ar, ible, able
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adjective endings
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-um, y, a us
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noun ending
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surrounding
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peri-
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abdomen
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abdomin/o
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adjacent, accessory
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acr/o
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body structures
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anatom/o
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front
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anter/o
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immature/embryonic cell
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blast/o
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tail
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caud/o
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belly, abdomen
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celi/o
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head
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cephal/o
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blue
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cyan/o
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cell
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cyt/o
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skin
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dermato/o
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distant from origin
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dist/o
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back
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dors/o
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epithelial
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epitheli/o
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cause of disease
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eti/o
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tissue
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hist/o
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side
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later/o
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mediastinum
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mediastin/o
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middle
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medi/o
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enlarged
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megal/o
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form
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morph/o
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mucus
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muc/o
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pelvis
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pelv/o
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function
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physio
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lung cavity
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pleur/o
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back
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poster/o
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closer to origin
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proxim/o
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serum or serous membrane
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ser/o
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chest
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thorac/o
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front
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ventr/o
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study of the structure or parts of the body
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anatomy
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study of how a body part functions
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physiology
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study of causes of disease
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etiology
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cell
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cyt/o
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cell
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-cyte
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control and communicate
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nerve
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secrete and protect
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epithelium
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move and protect; skeletal, cardiac, smooth
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muscle
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support and connect
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connective tissue
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tissue
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histo
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body parts that are adjacent to or appendages of other organ
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adnex
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-back, back side
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posterior
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back, back side (not postierior)
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dorsal
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front, front side
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anterior
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front, front side (not anterior)
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ventral
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twoard teh midline
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medial
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away from the midline
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lateral
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away from the midline, toward the side
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lateral
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near the point of origin, near teh midline
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proximal
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away form teh point of origin, away from teh midline
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distal
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front and side
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anterolateral
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front and middle
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anteromedial
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front and top
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anterosuperior
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middle and side
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mediolateral
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upward toward the head
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cehpalic
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downward toward the tail
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caudal
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above (upper)
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superior
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below (lower)
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inferior
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back and toward the head
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dorsocephalad
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back and inside
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posterointernal
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back and outside
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posteroenxternal
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back and side
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posterolateral
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dextra
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right
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sinistra
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left
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OD
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right eye
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O
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eye
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OS
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left eye
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A
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ear
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AD
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right ear
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AS
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left ear
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a (from ante)
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before
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p (from post)
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after
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skin and related stuctures; such as, hair and nails
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integumentary system
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heart, veins, arteries
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cardiovascular system
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oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large insestine, anus, abdomen, liver
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digestive system
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pineal, pituitary, thyroid, thymus, adrenal, and parathyroid glands, hypothalamus, pancrease, ovaries, testes
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endocrine system
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tonsils, lymph nodes, spleen, lymph vessels, thymus
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lymphatic system
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muscles, tendons
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muscular system
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eyes, ears, brains, spinal cord, nerves, eyes ears
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nervous system
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mammary gland, uterine tube, ovary, uterus, vagina, vulva (external genitalia)
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female reproductive
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prostate gland, testis, penis, ductus deferens
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male reproductive system
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oral cavity, nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchus, lungs, deaphragm
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repiratory system
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skull, vertebrae, pelvis, cartilage, ribs, joints
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skeletal system
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kidneys, urteters, urinary bladder, urethra
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urinary system
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