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Basic Histology and Medical Word Parts
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Basic Histology and Medical Word Parts
Cells & Tissues Vocabulary
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1
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What is a tissue?
Answer
Group of similar cells working together
2
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What is a body system?
Answer
Group of organs cooperating for a major function
3
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What is a carcinogen?
Answer
Substance that causes cancer
4
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Define carcinogenesis.
Answer
Process by which normal cells turn into cancer cells
5
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What is a chondrocyte?
Answer
Mature cell found in cartilage
6
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What does intercellular mean?
Answer
Located between cells
7
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What is histogenesis?
Answer
Formation and development of tissues
8
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What does the prefix abdomin/o refer to?
Answer
Abdomen
9
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What does carcin/o refer to?
Answer
Cancer
10
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What does chondr/o refer to?
Answer
Cartilage
11
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What does crani/o refer to?
Answer
Skull
12
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What does hist/o refer to?
Answer
Tissue
13
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What does kary/o refer to?
Answer
Nucleus
14
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What does thorac/o refer to?
Answer
Chest or thorax
15
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What does umbilic/o refer to?
Answer
Navel
16
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What does viscer/o refer to?
Answer
Internal organs
17
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What does the suffix -al indicate?
Answer
Pertaining to
18
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What does the suffix -ar indicate?
Answer
Pertaining to
19
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What does the suffix -iac indicate?
Answer
Pertaining to
20
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What does the suffix -ic indicate?
Answer
Pertaining to
21
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What does the suffix -ior indicate?
Answer
Pertaining to
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What does the suffix -tic indicate?
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Pertaining to
23
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What does the suffix -blast mean?
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Immature or embryonic cell
24
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What does Hyper- mean?
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Excessive or above normal
25
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What does Hypo- mean?
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Deficient or below normal
26
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What does is/o mean?
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Equal or same
27
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What does trans- mean?
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Across or through
28
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What is the basic unit of life?
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Cell: fundamental unit of structure and function in organisms
29
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What is an organ composed of?
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An organ is a structure composed of at least two tissues performing a specific function
30
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What is histology?
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Histology is the study of tissues and their microscopic structure