Med Term Chapter 2 - Body Structure, Color, And Oncology

Front 1

The basic unit of all living things is the ________

Back 1

cell

Front 2

What body cavity contains the liver?

Back 2

abdominal cavity

Front 3

What type of body tissue is bone made of?

Back 3

connective tissue

Front 4

Which body cavity contains the lungs?

Back 4

thoracic cavity

Front 5

Where are chromosomes located within the cell?

Back 5

nucleus

Front 6

Similar cells make up ________

Back 6

tissues

Front 7

Body tissue that coordinates and controls body activities

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nerve tissue

Front 8

Two or more types of body tissue that perform together make up ____________

Back 8

an organ

Front 9

hist/o

Back 9

tissue

Front 10

my/o

Back 10

muscle

Front 11

viscer/o

Back 11

internal organs

Front 12

sarc/o

Back 12

flesh

Front 13

onc/o

Back 13

tumor

Front 14

eti/o

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cause of disease

Front 15

carcin/o

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cancer

Front 16

erythr/o

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red

Front 17

lei/o

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smooth

Front 18

meta-

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after, beyond, change

Front 19

-stasis

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control, stop, or standing

Front 20

-plasia

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formation, development, or growth

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-genesis

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origin

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dia-

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through, complete

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-genic

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producing, originating, causing

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-sarcoma

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malignant tumor

Front 25

new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor)

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neoplasm

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tumor composed of muscle tissue

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myoma

Front 27

cancerous tumor

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carcinoma

Front 28

tumor composed of fat

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lipoma

Front 29

cancerous tumor of a glandular tissue

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adenocarcinoma

Front 30

disease of the body

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somatopathy

Front 31

study of tissue

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histology

Front 32

cell development that is excessive

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hyperplasia

Front 33

incomplete development of an organ or tissues

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hypoplasia

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study of cells

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cytology

Front 35

pertaining to the internal organs of the body

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visceral

Front 36

a tumor that becomes progressively worse and is likely to cause death is _____________

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malignant

Front 37

pertaining to a disease of unknown origin

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idiopathic

Front 38

a "nonrecurrent" tumor is ___________

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benign

Front 39

cancer in the early stage, before invading surrounding tissue

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carcinoma in situ

Front 40

a substance that produces cancer

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carcinogenic

Front 41

abnormal condition of bluish discoloration

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cyanosis

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study of disease

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pathology

Front 43

a physician who studies and treats tumors

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oncologist

Front 44

plural ending for "ix"

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-ices

Front 45

the spread of cancer to more than one organ

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metastases

Front 46

red blood cell

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erythrocyte

Front 47

another term for fibroid tumors

Back 47

leiomyomas

Front 48

an increase in the severity of symptoms

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exacerbation