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Memmler's The Human Body In HealthAnd Disease Questions With Answers.
dis- - ANSWER- apart, away from
(ex- to dissect is to cut apart)
-logy - ANSWER- study of
(ex- Radiology is the study and use of radioactive substances)
path/o - ANSWER- disease
(ex- Pathology is the study of disease)
physi/o - ANSWER- nature, physical (ex: Physiology is the study of how the body
functions.)
-tomy - ANSWER- cutting, incision of
(ex- Anatomy can be revealed by cutting the body)
extra- - ANSWER- outside, beyond
(ex- Extracellular fluid is outside the cells)
home/o- - ANSWER- same
(ex- Homeostasis is the steady state (sameness) within an organism)
intra- - ANSWER- within
(ex- Intracellular fluid is within a cell)
stat, -stasis - ANSWER- stand, stoppage, constancy
(ex- In homeostasis "-stasis" refers to constancy)
anatomy - ANSWER- The study of body structure
physiology - ANSWER- The study of body function
Organs working together combine to form - ANSWER- systems
Homeostasis - ANSWER- A state of internal balance
The components of a negative feedback loop - ANSWER- sensor, control center, and
effector
barrier - ANSWER- any structure that separates differing environments
, gradient - ANSWER- represents a difference in a specific physical or chemical value
between two regions
resistance - ANSWER- a factor that opposes flow along a gradient
distal - ANSWER- describes a position farther from the point of attachment or the trunk
of the body (ex-the wrist is distal to the elbow)
The three planes in which the body can be cut - ANSWER- sagittal, frontal (coronal),
and transverse (horizontal)
The two main body cavities - ANSWER- dorsal and ventral cavities
The three central regions of the abdomen - ANSWER- the epigastric, umbilical, and
hypogastric regions
The three left and right lateral regions - ANSWER- the hypochondriac, lumber, and iliac
(inguinal) regions
cyt/o - ANSWER- cell
(ex-cytology is the study of cells)
micr/o - ANSWER- small
(ex- microscopes are used to view structures too small to see with the naked eye)
bi- - ANSWER- two
(ex- the lipid bilayer is a double layer of lipid molecules)
chrom/o - ANSWER- color
(ex- chromosomes are small, threadlike bodies that stain darkly with basic dyes)
end/o - ANSWER- in, within
(ex- the endoplasmic reticulum is a membranous network within the cytoplasm)
lys/o - ANSWER- loosening, dissolving, separating
(ex- lysosomes are small bodies (organelles) with enzymes that dissolve materials)
-some - ANSWER- body
(ex- ribosomes are small bodies in the cytoplasm that help make proteins)
ex/o - ANSWER- outside, out of , away (ex- exocytosis--cell moves material out from
vesicles)
hem/o - ANSWER- blood
(ex- hemolysis is the destruction of red blood cells)
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