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haney chapter 7
medterm chapter 7
Question | Answer |
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plasma | liquid part of blood |
dehydration | excessive loss of fluid from body tissues |
homeostasis | relative constancy in the internal environment of the body |
angi(o), vascul(o) | vessel |
cellul(o) | little cell or compartment |
home(o) | sameness, constant |
hydr(o) | water |
calc(i) | calcium |
kal(i) | potassium |
natr(o) | sodium |
shunt | means to direct the flow of a body fluid from one cavity or vessel to another |
lymph | saliva, urine, mucus, spinal fluid, tears, gastric juices, perspiration, pus |
edema | swelling |
electrolytes | molecules that conduct electric charge |
hydrocephaly | abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid |
cellular | pertaining to cells |
intracellular | fluid within the cell |
extracellular | fluid outside the cell |
intercellular | fluid inside the cell |
hydr(o) | water |
hidr(o) | sweat, perspiration |
hem(a), hem(o), hemat(o), -emia | blood |
muc(o) | mucus |
py(o) | pus |
sial(o) | saliva, salivary glands |
ur(o) | urine |
perspiration | sweat |
saliva | clear fluid produced by the salivary glands |
mucus | slippery secretion of glands within mucous membranes |
pus | liquid part of an infection |
necrotic | death of tissue |
cyt(o) | cell |
fibrin(o) | fibrin |
-ant | that which causes |
-ate | to cause an action or result of the action |
phil(o) | attraction |
coagul(o) | coagulation |
-cidal | killing |
-poietin | that which causes production |
necr(o) | death |