The combining form that means glassy is ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Answer: vitre/o

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The study of the interactions among psychological processes, the nervous system, hormones, and the immune system is called

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Satellite cells are involved in which of the following molecular processes of hypertrophy?

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A. oocyte B. oophorrhagia C. metrorrhagia D. metroptosis

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