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Undergraduate 1
09/04/2008
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arthr/o
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joint
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ot/o
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ear
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cyst/o
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bladder
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rect/o
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rectum
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encephal/o
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brain
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gastr/o
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stomach
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bronchi/o;bronch/o
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bronchus
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angi/o
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vessel
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hemat/o
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blood
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steat/o
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fat
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cardi/o
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heart
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nephr/o
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kidneys
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cyt/o
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cell
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blephar
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eyelid
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cili/o
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hair
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rhin/o
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nose
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splen/o
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spleen
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arteri/o
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artery
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path/o
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disease
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neur/o
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nerve
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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bi/o
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life
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trache/o
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wind pipe
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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hepat/o
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liver
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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cephal
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head
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axill/o
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armpit
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onych/o;
ungul/o
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nail
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chondro
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cartilage
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crani/o
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skull
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tend/o, tendin/o
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tendon
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enter/o
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small intestine
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col/o
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colon
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gloss/o; lingalo
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tongue
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vas/o
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ductus deferens
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thyriod/o
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thyriod gland
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lymphangi/o
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lymph vessels
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ven/o, phleb/o
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vein
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pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o
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lung
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thorac/o
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chest
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vulu/o
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external genitalia
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test/o, testical/o, orchid/o
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testicle
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oophor/o, ovari/o
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ovary
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Anatomy
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the study of the human body
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physiology
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the study of how the body works
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Name 12 body systems (all of them)
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Female Reproductive System,
Male Reproductive System,
Nervous System,
Urinary System,
Digestive System,
skeletal System,
Integumentary System,
Endocrine System,
Respiratory System,
Lymphatic immune System,
Circulatory System,
Muscular System,
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Name 2 Organs
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Heart, Brain, Skin, Liver
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Suffix Meaning for "Inflammation"
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-Itis Example. hepatiTIS. -Inflammation of the Liver
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Suffix Meaning for "the study of"
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-Logy Example. CardioLOGY.- Study of the heart.
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plural term for Thorax (chest)
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ThoraCES
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plural term for Neurosis
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Neuroses
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plural term for virus
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viri
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plural term for ganglION
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gangLIA
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plural term for phalaNX
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phalaGES
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pural term for Varix
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varices
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plural term for diverticulUM
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diverticULA
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Plural term for scapULA
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emobli
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Singular term for larynges
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larynx
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the term CARDITIS has no prefix
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FALSE
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An example of a word with no root is GASTROLOGY ( The study of the stomach)
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TRUE
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the prefix PERI- means "around"
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TRUE
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a combining vowel is not used between two roots.
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FALSE
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