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Health Occupations 1
Body Structure, Color, & Oncology
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Health Care
10/08/2007
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cancer/o
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cancer
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carcin/o
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cancer
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epitheli/o
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epithelium
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erythr/o
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red
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system/o
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system
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aden/o
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gland
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cancer/o
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cancer
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carcin/o
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cancer
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chlor/o
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green
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chrom/o
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color
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cyan/o
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blue
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cyt/o
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cell
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epitheli/o
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epithelium
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erythr/o
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red
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eti/o
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the cause of disease
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fibr/o
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fiber
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gno/o
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knowledge
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hist/o
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tissue
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iatr/o
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physician/medicine
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kary/o
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nucleus
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lei/o
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smooth
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leuk/o
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white
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lip/o
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fat
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melan/o
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black
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my/o
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muscle
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neur/o
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nerve
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onc/o
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tumor/mass
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organ/o
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organ
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path/o
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disease
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rhabd/o
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striated/rod shaped
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sarc/o
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flesh/connective tissue
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somat/o
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body
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system/o
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system
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viscer/o
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internal organ
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xanth/o
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yellow
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dia-
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through/complete
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dys-
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painful/abnomal
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hyper-
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above/excessive
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hypo-
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below/incomplete
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meta-
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after/beyond
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neo-
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new
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pro-
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before
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-al
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pretaining to...
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-cyte
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cell
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-gen
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substance/agent of cause
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-genesis
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producing/originating
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-genic
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origin/cause
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-ic
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pretaining to...
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-logist
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person who studies...
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-logy
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study of...
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-oid
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resembling
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-oma
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tumer/swelling
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-osis
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abnormal/condition
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-ous
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pretaining to...
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-pathy
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disease
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-plasia
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condition of form, developement, growth
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-plasm
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growth, substance, form
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-sarcom
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maligent tumor
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-sis
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state of...
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-stasis
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control, stop, standing
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cranal Cavity
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Space inside the skull (cranium) containing the brain
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Spinal Cavity
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Space inside the spinal column containing the spinal cord
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Thoracic/Chest Cavity
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Space containing the heart, aorta, lungs, esophagus, trachea, and bronchi
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Addominal Cavity
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Space containing the stomach, intestines, kidneys,liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and ureters
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Pelvic Cavity
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Space containing the urinary bladder, certin reproductive organs, parts of the large intestine, and the rectum
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Abdominopelvic Cavity
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Both the pelvic and adbominal cavities
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cell
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-basic unit of all living things.
-the human body is composed of trillions of cells, which vary in size and shape according to function
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Cell membrane
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forms the boundary of the cell
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Cytoplasm
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gel-like fluid inside the cell
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Nucleus
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-largest structure within the cell, usually spherical and centrally located
-it contains chromosomes for cellular reproduction and is the control center of the cell
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Chromosomes
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-Located in the nucleus of the cell
-There are 46 chromosomes in all normal human cells, with the exception of mature sex cells, which have 23
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Genes
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-Regions within the chromosomes
-Each chromosome has serverl thousand genes that determine hereditary characteristics
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DNA
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Comprises each gene; is a chemical that regulates the activities of the cell