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74 Cards in this Set
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genti |
genitalia |
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grav. |
gravid |
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GTT |
glucose toloerance test |
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GU |
genitourinary |
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Gyn |
gynecology |
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Hb |
husband |
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hyst |
hysterectomy |
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Mo |
mother |
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nullip |
no pregnancy |
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OB |
obstetrics |
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pros |
prostate |
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Rh |
rhesus blood factor |
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SIDS |
sudden infant death syndrome |
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U.O. |
urinary output |
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UA |
urinanalysis |
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Vag |
vaginal |
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VD |
veneral disease |
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substance the moves across a cell membrane with the help of carrier molecules |
active transport |
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homologous chromosomes carry the same gene that code for a particular trait, but the genes may be of different forms |
alleles |
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small molecules combine to form larger one |
anabolism |
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third stage of mitosis |
anaphase |
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frontal,_____ plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions |
coronal |
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simplest units of all matter _______ and many of these are essential to life |
atom |
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homologous chromosomes are also know as |
autosomes |
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study of matter and chemical reaction in the body |
biochemistry |
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conversion of glycogen to glucose molecules for energy is an example of one of the processes of metabolism |
catabolism |
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_____ or inferior, anatomical direction is below or close to the feet |
caudal |
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smallest living unit of the body |
cells |
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two cylindrical organelles near the nucleus that are essential to cell division because they equally distribute chromosomes to the resultant "daughter cells" |
centrioles |
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study of what matter is made of and how it changes |
chemistry |
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threadlike structures made up of DNA |
chromosomes |
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hair-like projections on the outside of the cell membrane |
cillia |
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term used to describe inherited traits that are determined by multiple genes is |
complex inheritance |
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formed when two or more atoms of more than one element are combined |
compound |
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superior,_____ anatomical direction is above or close to the head |
cranial |
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splitting the cytoplasm |
cytokinesis |
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inside of the cell an is mostly made of water, proteins, ions and nutrients |
cytoplasm |
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most internal of the anatomical directions |
deep |
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the muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities |
diaphragm |
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the movement of a substance from a area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
diffusion |
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toes are inferior and _____ to the knee |
distal
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if a body structure is posterior or ________ to another, it is toward the back of the body |
dorsal |
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when put in water ______ release ions |
electrolytes |
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gland secretes is product directly into tissue, fluids, or blood |
endocrine |
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forms networks or passageway to transport substance throughout the cytoplasm |
endoplasmic reticulum |
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gland secretes its product into a duct, such as with a sweat or sebacekus gland |
exocrine gland |
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term refers to the thigh |
femoral |
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some type of pressure, such a gravity or blood pressure, forces substances across a membrane that acts like a filter |
filtration |
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tail-like structure found on the human sperm cell that provides its "swimming" type of locomotion |
flagellum |
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amni(o) |
aminon |
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cervic(o) |
cervix |
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colp(o) |
vagina |
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episi(o) |
vulva |
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galact(o) |
milk |
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Gynec(O) |
female |
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hyster(o) |
uterus |
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lact(o) |
milk |
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mamm(o) |
breast |
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Men(o) |
menstruation |
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metr(o) |
uterus |
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oo |
egg |
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oophor(o) |
ovary
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ov(i) |
egg |
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perine(o) |
perineum |
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salping(o) |
fallopian tube |
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uter(o) |
uterus |
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vagin(o) |
vagina |
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vulv(o) |
vulva |
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andr(o) |
men |
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balan(o) |
glans penis |
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epididym(o) |
epididymis |
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orch(o) |
testes |
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prostat(o) |
prostate gland |
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sperm(o) |
sperm |
