10 Matching Annotations
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hypothalamus sec
hypo - under
thalamus - part of the brain where a nerve emerges
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meninges,
meninx - membrane
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pericardial
peri - around, about
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he thoracic cavity fi
thorax - breastplate, chest
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e ventral cavity is a
venter - belly
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integumentary system in
in - upon, in
tegere - to cover
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The cardiovascular system (also
cardi- pertaining to the heart
vas - vessel
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e endocrine system is
endo, within
krine, separate or secrete
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phagocytize
Phagocytosis, process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles. The phagocyte may be a free-living one-celled organism, such as an amoeba, or one of the body cells, such as a white blood cell.
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resorption
the process or action by which something is reabsorbed.
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