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Barriers
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anything that prevents invaders from getting inside the body and prevents infection
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wall= skin
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lymph nodes
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filters placed along the vessel of the lymphatic system
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filter
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oxygen
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vital gas we need to breath
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carbon dioxide
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gaseous waste carried to the lungs to be exhaled and eliminated from the body
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accessory muscles
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help pull up the rib cage to make more room in the thoracic cavity
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waist trainer
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acute epilgotis
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inflammation of the epilgotis due to infection
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tumor necrosis factor
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another cytokine, stimulates macrophages and also causes cell death in cancer cells.
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crock
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chronic bronchitis
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a lung disease that causes inflamed airways and a large amounts of sputum
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neutrophils
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phagocytosis early in infection, takes it, destroye it, release it
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not playing around, take, eat , poop
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hemothorax
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presence of blood in the thoracic cavity, usually from truma
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b cell
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adaptive cell; release antibodies to foreign antigens and remember past infection
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remember
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pleural effusion
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excessive build up of fluid in the pleural space between the partial and the visceral pleural
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antigen
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cells with molecules on the outer surface of their membrane to distinguish whether there good or bad
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anti=against/bad gen=good
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respiration
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the process of gas exchange at the lungs
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intabation
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long term breathing tube inserted into the lungs
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ventilation /ventilator
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the bulk movement of air down into the terminal end of the lungs
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epithelial
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safety sheild of the body
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4 stages of cancer
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• no spread from organ
•spread to nearby tissue •spread to nearby lymph nodes •spread to distinct tissue and organ |
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upper respiratory tract
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nose, larynx, pharnax, the sinus
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lower respiratory tract
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thoracic cavity, lungs, bronchi
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what vertebrae does the Trachea
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6th
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adaptive immunity
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remember invaders from previous encounter and can improve response with experience
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pneumothorax
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a condition where air is inside the thoracic cavity and outside the lungs
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interferone
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binds to neighboring, uninfected cell and stimulates them to produce chemicals that may protect these cells from viruses
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best way to prevent infection
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washing hands
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target cell for h.i.v
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t cell
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SLE
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rashes and kidney disease
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butterfly rashe on face
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RA
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fever, joint stiffness
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crippling disease
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medulla oblongata
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control center in the brain that tells us to breath
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natural killer cell
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kill cells displaying foreign antigens
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what life style leads to bronchitis
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smoking
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what bacteria causes tonsillitis and strep throat
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streptococcus
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bronchodilater
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substance that acts to dilate constricted bronchial tunes to aid breathing used especially for relief of asthma
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what bacteria cause acute epilgotis
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haemophilus influenzae type b
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HIB
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where are the vocal chords located
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between the upper and lower airways
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which organ is most effected by atelectasis
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lungs
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external respiration
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gas exchange in the lungs occurs between the blood and the air in the outside atmosphere
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brinchioles
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carry inhaled and exhaled air to and from the aveoli
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croup cough
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viral infection of the larynx and causes a harsh barking cough
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what kind of test is leukemia diagnosis by
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(laboratory ) blood count, bone marrow, and genetic testing
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asthma
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chronic inflammatory illness of the airways
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Emphysema
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Non reversible lung conditions which the alveolar air sacs are destroyed and the lungs becomes floppy
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