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Medical Terminology
Chapter 13
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
12/05/2010
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aut/o
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self
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
 Definition
brain
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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cervic/o
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neck (sometimes cervix)
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coccyg/o
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coccyx
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crani/o
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cranium
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dendr/o
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tree
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dur/o
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dura mater
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gli/o
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neuroglia or a sticky substance
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kerat/o
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cornea, hard or horny
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lumb/o
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lower back
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mening/o
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meninges
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ment/o
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mind
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psych/o
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mind
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spinal cord
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nerv/o
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nerve
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neur/o
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nerve
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phren/o
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mind or diaphragm
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physi/o
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nature
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retin/o
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retina
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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spin/o
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spine
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vascul/o
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vessel
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agora-
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marketplace
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-esthesia
 Definition
sensation, perception
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-lexia
 Definition
words, phrases
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-orexia
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appetite
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chemoreceptor
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receptor for chemical stimuli
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glia
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cell that provides support and protection to the nervous system
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neuron
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cell that conducts impulses to or from the nervous system
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photoreceptor
 Definition
receptor for light
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thermoreceptor
 Definition
receptor for heat
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