Directed study - talking like a vet

ac/al

pertaining to

ab

away from

ad

toward

anti

against

inter

between

macro

large

meta

after

peri

around

post

after

pre

before

afferent

going towards

card/cardi

heart

cusp

flap

dia

between, through

efferent

going away from

oral

the mouth

physis

to grow

septum

flat partition

aboral

away from the mouth

afferent nerve

nerve going to the CNS

diaphysis

mid-region of long bone

epiphysis

extremity of long bone

interphalangeal

between phalanges

larynx

structure between the pharynx and trachea

lingual

relating to the tongue

metacarpal

main bones distal to the carpus

metaphysis

growth region between epiphysis and diaphysis

orad

towards the mouth

pericardium

the membrane surrounding the heart

pharynx

cavity between the nose and espohagus

tricuspid valve

heart valve having 3 flaps

adip

fat

chondro

cartilage

clast

breakdown

cyst

small fluid-filled bag

cyte

cell

cutis

skin

dendr

tree

derm(o)

skin

ecto

outside

endo/intra

inside

epi

upon, in addition

glomer

ball

hepat/hepato

liver

juxta

near or next to

osteo

bone

phag/phagi

eating

pod

foot

pseudo

false

seb(o)

fatty secretion

stratium

horizontal layer

sub

below

adipocyte

cell in fat (adipose) tissue

dendrite

branched extension of nerve cell

ectoderm

outermost layer of cells of an embryo

endothelium

layer of cells lining inside of blood vessels

epidermis

surface epithelium of skin

epithelium

cell type that covers organs or lines tubes

hepatocyte

liver cell

interstitium

space of gap in a tissue or organ

juxtaglomerular apparatus

structures near the glomerulus

lamina

plate or layer

osteoclast

cell that resorbs bone

phagocyte

cells that engulfs bactera/debris

podocyte

epithelial cells with foot processes in glomerulus

pseudo-stratified epithelium

cells that appear to be stratified

sebaceous cyst

swelling in skin filled with sebum

subcutis

deeper layer of the dermis

chondrocyte

basic cell in cartilage

bacillus/bacilli

rod shaped

cide

killing

coccus

round, spherical

bacterio

relating to bacteria

morph

shape

myc(o)

fungus

sis

disease

staphylo

cluster of grapes

strepto

chain

ia

disease or abnormality

pnea

breathing

brady

slow

dia*

apart

eu

normal, good

heme

blood

para

nearby

pneumo

air, lungs

stasis

control

sys

together

tachy

fast

bactericidal

something that kills bacteria

bacteriophage

virus that infects bacteria

bacteriostatic

something that prevents bacteria from growing

bradycardia

slower than normal heart rate

bradypnea

abnormally slow breathing

diastole

when heart relaxes and fills with blood

eupnea

normal breathing

hemostasis

to control or stop bleeding

mycosis

disease caused by fungus

paracrine

cell signal affecting nearby cells

pneumococcus

round-shaped bacteria that infects the lungs