Medical Terminology For Health Professions Chapter 2

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cephalic

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toward the head

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caudal

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toward the feet

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peritoneum

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multilayered cavity holds abdominal organs

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parietal

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outer layer

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viceral

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inner layer

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mensentery

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attaches intestine to inner abdominal wall

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retroperitonial

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behind peritonium

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cystic fibrosis

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the diorder where the lungs and pancreas are clogged with large quantitites of abnormally thick mucus

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Down syndrome

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Also called trisomy 21, it is a genetic syndrome with varying degrees of menal retaration and multiple physical abnormalities

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hemophilia

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a group of hereditary bleeding disorders in which one of the facter needed to clot the blood is missing

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Huntington's disease

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irreversible and progressive loss of muscle control and mental ability

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muscular dystropy

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genetic disorder with progressive weakness of muscle fibers

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phenylketonuria

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a genetic disorder in which an essential digestive enzyme is missing. (PKU)

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sickle cell anemia

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genetic disorder where hemogoblin is abnormal

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Tay Sach’s Disease

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missing enzyme in the brain causes progressive physical degeneration, mental retardation, and early death

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Anaplasia

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change in structure and orientation of cells

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Aplasia

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defective development or absence of organ tissue

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Dysplasia

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abnormal tissue development

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Hyperplasia

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enlargement of organ due to increased number of cells

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Hypertrophy

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increase in bulk of organ not due to tissue formation

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Hypoplasia

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incomplete development of an organ or tissue

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exocrine glands

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lead to outer organs or outside of the body

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endocrine glands

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secrete hormones but not using ducts

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Etiology

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study of the causes of diseases

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infectious disease

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an illness caused by living pathogenc organisms suchas bacteria and viruses

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organic disorder

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it contains pathologic physical changes that explain the symptoms being experienced by the patient

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iatrogenic illness

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it is a problem, such as a side effect or an unfavorable response, arising from a prescribed treatment or medicine

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idiopathic disorder

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is an illness without known cause

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functional disorder

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there are no detectable physical changes to explain the symptoms that are being experienced by the patient

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nosocomial infection

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is an infection aquired in a hospital or clinic

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endemic

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

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epidemic

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sudden and widespread outbreak of a disease within a population group or area

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pandemic

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an outbreak of a disease occurring over a large geographic area, possibly world wide