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48 Cards in this Set
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The basic unit of all living things is the ________
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cell
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What body cavity contains the liver?
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abdominal cavity
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What type of body tissue is bone made of?
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connective tissue
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Which body cavity contains the lungs?
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thoracic cavity
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Where are chromosomes located within the cell?
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nucleus
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Similar cells make up ________
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tissues
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Body tissue that coordinates and controls body activities
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nerve tissue
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Two or more types of body tissue that perform together make up ____________
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an organ
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hist/o
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tissue
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my/o
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muscle
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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sarc/o
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flesh
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onc/o
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tumor
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eti/o
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cause of disease
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carcin/o
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cancer
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erythr/o
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red
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lei/o
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smooth
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meta-
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after, beyond, change
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-stasis
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control, stop, or standing
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-plasia
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formation, development, or growth
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-genesis
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origin
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dia-
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through, complete
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-genic
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producing, originating, causing
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-sarcoma
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malignant tumor
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new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor)
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neoplasm
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tumor composed of muscle tissue
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myoma
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cancerous tumor
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carcinoma
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tumor composed of fat
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lipoma
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cancerous tumor of a glandular tissue
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adenocarcinoma
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disease of the body
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somatopathy
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study of tissue
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histology
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cell development that is excessive
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hyperplasia
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incomplete development of an organ or tissues
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hypoplasia
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study of cells
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cytology
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pertaining to the internal organs of the body
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visceral
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a tumor that becomes progressively worse and is likely to cause death is _____________
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malignant
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pertaining to a disease of unknown origin
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idiopathic
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a "nonrecurrent" tumor is ___________
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benign
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cancer in the early stage, before invading surrounding tissue
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carcinoma in situ
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a substance that produces cancer
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carcinogenic
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abnormal condition of bluish discoloration
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cyanosis
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study of disease
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pathology
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a physician who studies and treats tumors
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oncologist
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plural ending for "ix"
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-ices
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the spread of cancer to more than one organ
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metastases
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red blood cell
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erythrocyte
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another term for fibroid tumors
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leiomyomas
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an increase in the severity of symptoms
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exacerbation
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