Prefix
Anti
Thym/o
Thymus
Ist
specialist
This term means deficiency of white blood cells
Lukopenia
This is an organ as well as part of the Endocrine system
Pancreas
Slow
Brady
Artery
Arteri/o
the study of
Logy
This term refers to a mass of floating matter in the blood
Embolus
This part of the brain helps to control homeostasis and delivers messages to the Anterior Pituitary gland
Hypothalamus
In
End/o
Secretion
Crin/o
Blood
Emia
This term refers to a clot
Thrombus
This is the largest artery that takes oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body
Aorta
Outside
Epi/ Exo
Ather/o
Fatty plaque
Deficiency
Penia
This term refers to the separation of plasma from the blood
plasmapheresis
This is the largest vein in the body and is broken up into two parts. It carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
Vena Cava
Difficulty
Dys
Glyc/o
Sugar
the process of separating blood from its components
Apharesis
This term refers to the undersecretion of the T3 and T4 hormone in the blood
Hypothyroidism
This gland receives signals from the hypothalamus and releases hormones to the rest of the body to release secondary hormones
Anterior pituitary gland