Prefixes
directional terms
Word Roots
Levels of Organization
Circulatory System
100
slow
What is brady
100
farther from the point of attachment
What is distal
100
artery
What is aterio
100
smallest living units in the body
What is cells
100
return blood to the heart
What is a vein
200
fast
What is tachy
200
closer to the point of attachment
What is proximal
200
blood
What is heme
200
the dynamic steady state we think of when we refer to good health
What is homeostasis
200
carries blood away from the heart
What is an artery
300
many
What is poly
300
above
What is superior
300
kidney
What is nephr
300
cells power plant
What is mitochondria
300
relaxation of the heart chamber, second sound you hear in blood pressure
What is diastole or diastolic
400
black
What is melano
400
towards the middle
What is medial
400
stomach
What is gastr
400
encloses the cell and tightly regulates the flow of materials in and out
What is plasma membrane
400
plasma without it's clotting factors
What is serum
500
before, forward of
What is ante
500
a movement that takes a body part farther from the central axis
What is abduction
500
liver
What is hepato
500
forms flat sheets and is most often found on surfaces where exchange with the environment takes place
What is epithelial tissue
500
protect the body against infection
What is leukocytes or White Blood Cells (WBC's)
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