Chapter 2 Words

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Adenosclerosis

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Abnormal hardening of a gland

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Adult stem cells

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Somatic stem cells, undifferentiated cells found among differentiated cells in a tissue or organ

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Airborne transmission

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Occurs through contact with contaminated respiratory droplets spread by a cough or sneeze

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Anaplasia

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Change in the structure of cells and in their orientation to each other

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Anatomic position

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Describes the body standing in the standard position

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Anatomy

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Study of the structure of the body

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Anomaly

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Is a deviation from what is regarded as normal

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Anterior

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Front or forward part of an organ or the body

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Aplasia

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Defective development of an organ or tissue

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Atresia

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Describes the congenital absence of normal body opening or the failure of a structure to be tubular

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Blood borne transmission

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Spread of disease through blood contact or any other bodily fluids

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Caudal

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Toward the lower part of he body

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Cell

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Basic structural and functional units of the body

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Communicable diseases

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Contagious, any condition transmitted from one person to another

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Coronal/frontal plane

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Vertical plane that divides the body into the anterior and posterior portions

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Cyto-

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Cell

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Cytology

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Study of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and chemistry of the cell

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Developmental disorder

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Birth defect, can result in an anomaly or malformation

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Distal

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Situated farthest from the midline or beginning of a body structure

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Dominant gene

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Inherited from either parent, offspring will inherent genetic code condition or characteristic FRECKLES

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Down syndrome

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Genetic variation associated with heart valve disease

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Dorsal

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Back of organ or body, including cranium

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Dysplasia

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Abnormal development or growth of cells, tissues or organs

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Endemic

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Ongoing presence of a disease within a population, group, or area

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Endo-

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In, within, inside

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Endothelium

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Specialized epithelial tissue that lines the blood and lymph vessels, body cavities, glands, and organs

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Epidemic

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Sudden and widespread outbreak of a disease within a specific population

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Epidemiologist

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Specialist in the study of disease within a population

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Epithelial tissues

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Form a protective covering for all the internal and external surfaces of the body

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Etiology

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Study of the causes of diseases

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Exo-

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Out, outside, away from

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Genetic disorder

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Hereditary, pathological condition caused by an absent or defective gene

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Hemophilia

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Group of hereditary bleeding disorders in which blood clotting factor is missing

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Histo

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Tissue

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Histologist

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Specialist who studies the organiZation of tissues at all levels

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Histology

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Study of structure, composition, and function of tissues

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Homeostasis

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Process through which the body maintains a constant internal environment

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Hospitalist

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Focuses on general medical care of hospitalized patients

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Huntingtons disease

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Genetic disorder that is passed from parent to child

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Hyperplasia

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Enlargement of an organ or tissue because of an abnormal increase in the number of cells in tissues

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Hypoplasia

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Incomplete development of an organ or tissue due to deficiency of number of cells

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Iatrogenic illness

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Unfavorable response to prescribed medical treatment

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Idiopathic disease

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Illness without known cause

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Infectious disease

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Illness caused by a living pathogenic organism such as bacteria or virus

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Medial

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Direction toward or nearer the midline

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Mesentery

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Fused double layer of parietal peritoneum that attaches parts of the intestine to the interior abdominal wall

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Muscle tissue

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Contains cells with the specialized ability to contract and relax

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Nosocomial infection

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Disease acquired in a hospital or clinical setting

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-ologist

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Specialist

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-ology

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Science or study of

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Organ

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Somewhat independent part of the body that has a special function

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Pandemic

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outbreak of disease occurring over a large geographic area, possibly worldwide

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parietal peritoneum

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outer layer of the peritoneum that lines the interior of the abdominal wall

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path/o

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disease or suffering

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pelvic cavity

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space formed by hip bones and contains primarily the organs of the reproductive and excretory systems

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physiology

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study of the functions of the structure of the body

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-plasia

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development, growth, formation

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posterior

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back part of an organ of the body

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poster/o

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behind, toward the back

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-stasis

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control, maintenance of a constant level

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superior

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means uppermost, above, or toward the head

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thoracic cavity

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surrounds and protects the heart and lungs, known as the chest cavity and thorax

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umbilical region

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surrounds the umbilicus which is also called the belly button

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ventral cavit y

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located along the front of the body containing the organs that sustain homeostasis

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visceral peritoneum

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inner layer of the peritoneum that surrounds the organs of the abdominal cavity