Physiology Vocabulary List

Word or Term

-philic

-phobic

-ectomy

-emia

-genic

-lysis

-morph, -morpho

- pod, -podium

a-, an-

ab-

ad-

an-

aqua-

auto-

bi-

com-, con-

ecto-

endo-

epi-

ex-

exo-

extra-

gen-

glycol-

hetero-

homeo-

hydro-

hyper-

hypo-

inter-

intra-

iso-

juxta-

lipo-

macro-

mega-

meso-

meta-

micro-

mono-

oligo-

oo-

osteo-

ovi-

Word or Term

peri-

poly-

pro-

proto-

sub-

super-, supra-

sym-, syn-

telo-

trans-

vasa-, vaso-

Chapter 1

acidosis

alkalosis

homeostasis

metabolism

negative feedback loop

physiology

positive feedback loop

Chapter 2

anion

cations

hydrophilic

hydrophobic

ion

monomer

nucleotide

pH

Chapter 3

anticodon

apoptosis

atrophy

bulk transport

codon

endocytosis

exocytosis

exon

intron

necrosis

nucleolus

telomere

Word or Term

Chapter 4

allosteric

coenzyme

cofactor

endergonic

exergonic

ligand

oxidation-reduction

oxidizing agent

phosphorylation

reducing agent

Chapter 5

anabolism

anaerobic respiration

calmodulin

catabolism

cellular respiration

oxidative phosphorylation

Chapter 6

antiport

cotransport

diffusion

edema

hypertonic

hypotonic

isotonic solution

osmosis

symport

Chapter 7

absolute refractory period

interneurons

refractory period

relative refractory period

salutatory conduction

synapse

tracts

Chapter 8

aphasia

contralateral

Word or Term

Chapter 9

parasympathetic

sympathetic

Chapter 10

myopia

nociceptor

tinnitus

vertigo

Chapter 11

adenohypophysis

autocrine

diabetes mellitus

lipophilic

lipophobic

myxedema

paracrine

zymogen

Chapter 12

actin

gap junction

myosin

Chapter 13

diastole

end-diastolic volume

fibrinogen

heme

QRS complex

systole

total peripheral resistance

Chapter 15

active immunity

allergen

antigen

benign

cancer

cell-mediated immunity

chemotaxis

humoral immunity

malignant

opsonization

Word or Term

Chapter 15

passive immunity

pathogen

pyrogen

toxin

virulent

Chapter 16

2,3-DPG

apnea

compliance

elasticity

hypoxemia

intrapleural space

intrapulmonary space

Chapter 17

afferent

countercurrent multiplier

diabetes insipidus

efferent

polydipsia (PD)

polyuria (PU)

reabsorption

renal

secretion renal

somatic motor neuron

uremia

Chapter 18

absorption

digestion

ghrelin

Chapter 19

adiponectin

leptin

rickets

Chapter 20

capacitation

Some Chapters do not have specified vocabulary words or terms. This is because you are expected to remember words from other chapters and apply that knowledge to all applicable chapters.

You need to know all the word roots, they are not specific for any particular chapter.

You should write your definitions for the words and word roots on a separate paper.

This exercise is not graded, however, these words and word roots may be included in Exams over the chapters they are found in (or previous chapters the words and word roots are found in).