Terms And Abbreviations

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Front of the body that contains the stomach intestines to digestive organs and some reproductive organs

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Abdomen

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Protuberance formed by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx

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Adam's apple

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Growth of tissue in the top and back of the nose

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Adenoids

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Hormone produced by energy spurt at times of danger

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Adrenaline

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Skin problem of Youth resulting from plugged oil glands

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Acne

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Time of life between childhood and adulthood

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Adolescence

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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome a condition in which the virus HIV one destroys the immune system and since the 1970s has killed over a million people worldwide

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AIDS

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Long tube in human body through which food passes and is digested

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Alimentary canal

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Hypersensitivity to food pollen dust Etc

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Allergy

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Disease that usually begins with the onset of old age characterized by memory loss and confusion

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Alzheimer's disease

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Tiny air sacs in the lungs which oxygen is transferred to the blood

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Alveoli

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Diagnostic procedure performed during the pregnancy to determine the health and maturity of an unborn baby by obtaining a sample of the fluid that bathes the human fetus

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Amniocentesis

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Fluid removed from the uterus during amniocentesis

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Amniotic fluid

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Study of structures and organisms

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Anatomy

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Condition in which the blood does not contain enough red blood cells or hemoglobin

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Anemia

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Substances such as penicillin that kill disease causing bacteria

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Antibiotic

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Protein produced by certain types of white blood cells in response to an invasion by an organism and then fights that organism

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Antibody

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Any substance such as a protein or polysaccharide that causes the body to produce antibodies to counteract the substance

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Antigen

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Substance that prevents the growth and activity of microorganisms that causes infection

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Antiseptic

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Longest and largest artery that carries blood away from the heart

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Aorta

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Small apparently useless organ attached to the large intestine

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Appendix

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Blood vessel that carries blood away from heart

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Artery

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Respiratory disease characterized by wheezing coughing and difficulty in breathing

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Asthma

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Thickening of the inner lining of the arteries

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Arteriosclerosis

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Contagious fungal infection found on feet

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Athlete's foot

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One of two muscles found in upper arm

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Biceps

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Greenish yellow substance produced by the liver that aids digestion in the duodenum

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Bile or gall

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Tubes branching off from the windpipe that go into spasms in asthma attacks

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Bronchi or bronchial tubes

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Element necessary for the body for healthy teeth and bones

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Calcium

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Smallest blood vessel

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Capillary

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Waste gas released from the lungs that is exchanged for oxygen from the air

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Carbon dioxide

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Cancer-causing substance

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Carcinogen

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Disease affecting the heart and blood vessels

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Cardiovascular disease

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Tough elastic tissue that connects bones cushions them and lessons for friction between them

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Cartilage

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Viral childhood disease linked to shingles in later life

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Chicken pox

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Infectious essential disease with vomiting and diarrhea that killed many in Peru in 1991

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Cholera

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Fatty substance important in hormone production at the metabolism often associated with clogging of the arteries that leads to heart attacks

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Cholesterol

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System made up of blood blood vessels and the Heart

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Circulatory system

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Living creature copied from a single cell without sexual reproduction or meiosis

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Clone

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Large intestine section carrying partially digested food chimes from the first part of the large intestine the cecum to the last part the rectum

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Colon

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Disease that is caused by germs such as bacteria and viruses and cannot be transmitted from one person to another opposite of non-communicable diseases

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Communicable disease or infectious diseases

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Adjectives used to describe any heart defect present at birth

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Congenital

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Part of school that encloses brain also called a brain case

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Cranium

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Congenital disease usually of childhood characterized by overproduction of mucus

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Cystic fibrosis

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Machine process that replaces kidney action

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Dialysis

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Dome-shaped muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen and helps the lungs work by Contracting and expanding

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Diaphragm

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Process by which large molecules of amino acids are broken down into smaller ones for the body's use

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Digestion

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Contagious infection of the throat accompanied by a high fever and the formation of membranous is substance that blocks breathing

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Diphtheria

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How many total syndrome characterized by chromosomes and abnormality severe mental retardation a short skull in slanting eyes

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Down's syndrome

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System that removes various waste from the body

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Excretory system

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Term for human and its first stage of development in the uterus before it begins to resemble the adult being

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Embryo

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Lung disease characterized by the shortening of breath resulting from enlargement of the alveoli

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Emphysema

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Gland that releases hormones directly into the bloodstream

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Endocrine gland

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Word from the Greek for leavened for a catalyst that helps digest food

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Enzyme

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Outbreak of widespread disease

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Epidemic

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Leaf shaped structure that acts like a lid to prevent swallowed food from entering the windpipe

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Epiglottis

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Gland that releases its chemicals through a duct in a nearby organ

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Exocrine gland

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Tube through which an egg travels from the ovary to the uterus also called an oviduct

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Fallopian tube

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Eye problem that causes distant objects to appear sharp while nearby objects look hazy

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Farsightedness or hyperopia

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Common contagious disease also called rubella

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German Measles

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I need organ that produces chemicals that control functions of the body such as the organs that produce adrenaline at times of stress

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Gland

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Tiny passageways through a thick bone containing blood vessels lymphatics and nerves

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Haversian canal

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Component that gives blood its red color

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Hemoglobin

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Hereditary disease in which the blood does not clot normally

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Hemophilia

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Inflammation of the liver accompanied by fever often by jaundice

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Hepatitis

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Type of cancer characterized by enlargement of the lymph nodes and other lymphoid tissues especially the spleen

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Hodgkins' disease

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High blood pressure

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Hypertension

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Extremely rapid breathing with an intake of too much oxygen that may cause dizziness

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Hyperventilation

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Body specific line of defense against invading organisms

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Immune system

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Word describing the body's acquired resistance to disease

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Immunity

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Process of getting immunity by inoculation

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Immunization

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Acute contagious disease caused by a virus like killer strain of which claimed many lives in 1918 also called the flu

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Influenza

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Place Where two or more bones meet may move on each other

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Joint

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Pair of organs in the human body that separates waste matter from blood

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Kidneys

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Voice box that holds two bands of cartilage called the vocal cords

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Larynx

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Form of pneumonia caused by bacterial infection and named from an outbreak at American Legion convention

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Legionnaires disease

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Stringy connective tissues which connect bones or hold organs in place

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Ligament

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Body's largest internal organ that removes waste from the blood and is affected by hepatitis

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Liver

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Organs that enable a person to breathe

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Lungs

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Disease caused by a tick-borne virus that results in a Rog inflammation of the joints and named after a Connecticut site

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Lyme disease

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Numerous enlarged areas of the lymphatic system where are white blood cells destroy germs

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Lymph nodes

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Disease causing chills and fever carried by the female anopheles mosquito

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Malaria

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Inadequate nutrition

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Malnutrition

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Soft material inside bone

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Bone marrow

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Contagious disease caused by a virus results in red or pink spots on skin also called rubeola

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Measles

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Thin skin that lines your covers body parts such as lining of the nose

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Membrane

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Inflammation of the meninges or brain membrane such as result of infection by bacteria or virus

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Meningitis

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Period in a woman's life when menstruation causes uneasily between the ages of 45 and 50

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Menopause

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You have two connectors discharging body fluid from the uterus normally about every 4 weeks

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Menstration

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Don't sticky fluid that lines air passageway and traps foreign substances ruined can be expelled from the body

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Mucus

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acute contagious disease usually of child is characterized by swelling of them salivary gland the back of the throat

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Mumps

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System made up of elastic fibers that enable the body to move

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Muscular system

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My problem that causes objects to hear Fuzzy while nearby objects look sharp

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Nearsightedness or myopia

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System made up of elastic fibers that enable the body to move

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Nerves

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Type of tissue that carries messages back and forth between the brain and spinal cord

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Nerve tissue

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System made up of brain spinal cord nerves and coordinates and controls the brain's response to stimuli

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Nervous system

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Nerve cell

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Neuron

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Stimulant in tobacco linked to cancer and heart disease

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Nicotine

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Food substance such as protein carbohydrate fat vitamin mineral fiber or water needed for good health

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Nutrient

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Cranial nerve that carries the sensation of the smell from the nose to the brain

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Olfactory nerve

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Pain killing drug

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Opiate

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Nerve of sight which conducts impulses from the retina to the brain

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Optic nerve

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Process of which cartilage disappears and is replaced by bone

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Ossification

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Female sex glands

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Ovaries

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Triangular organ located between the stomach and the small intestine it produces digestive juices to break down food stuff it also produces insulin and glucagon

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Pancreas

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Can you cut didn't do any disease of later life characterized by tremors shuffling walk slow speech and fix facial expression

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Parkinson's disease

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Term using Greek root pathos meaning suffering or disease that designates a disease causing agent

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Pathogen

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Framework of bones that supports the lower part of the abdomen

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Pelvis

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Tough membrane containing bone forming cells and blood vessels

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Periosteum

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Wave-like contractions that push food through the alimentary canal

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Peristalsis

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Medical name for whooping cough cases of which were greater in 1992 than in more than 26 years

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Pertussis

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Liquid part of the blood

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Plasma

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Microscopic fragment of detox cytoplasm from a very large cell that floats around in blood plasma and is involved in clotting

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Platelet

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Infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the lung

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Pneumonia

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Complex organic molecule made up of an amino acids that helps the body grow and repair itself

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Protein

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Stage of life during which a human becomes capable of reproduction or the stage of physical development that precedes initiate adolescence

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Puberty

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Enforced isolation to prevent the spread of a disease

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Quarantine

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More common name for Hydrophobia a disease named for its victims symptomatic inability to swallow water

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Rabies

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Initialism for recommended daily allowance that is those proteins minerals and vitamins needed for the body's proper function

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RDA

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Cells that contain hemoglobin also erythrocytes

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Red blood cells

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System of glands and organs enabling people to have children

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Reproductive system

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The action of breathing

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Respiration

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System made up of ones that and the tube's connecting the nose and the mouth to the lungs that enables a person to breathe

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Respiratory system

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Often-fatal disease usually of children and associated with the use of aspirin

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Reye's syndrome

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Colorless watery fluid produced by glands in the mouth

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Saliva

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Any of genus of bacteria causing poisoning named after American pathologist

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Salmonella

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Turn vegetable and animal fats considered to cause unhealthy cholesterol levels in blood stream

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Saturated fats

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No infectious disease characterized by sore throat fever and a rash rash sometimes called the Scarletina

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Scarlet fever

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I mean any of three curved tubes in the inner ear responsible for the sense of balance

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Semicircular canal

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Disorder resulting from an inadequate supply of blood to the body's organs

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Shock

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Blood disorder that occurs primarily and people of African descent

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Sickle cell anemia

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System of bone supporting a body on keeping it together

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Skeletal system

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Sudden paralysis of body function functions caused by injury to the brain when blood circulation is obstructed

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Stroke

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Tough fibrous tissue that connects a muscle to a bone except for in the heart

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Tendon

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Male sex gland

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Testes

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Disease caused bacili that enters the body that through the wounds causing stiffening of the muscles and this often called lockjaw

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Tetanus

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Mass of cells similar in structure that work together to perform a specific function and form the structural parts of an organism

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Tissue

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Two large outgrowths of tissue located on each side of the throat

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Tonsils

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Poison formed by bacteria that damages body cells

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Toxin

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Communicable disease usually of the lungs and frequently referred to as TBH

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Tuberculosis

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Often fatal disease spread by contaminated food and water characterized by fever or up to the skin and nose bleed

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Typhoid

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Structure containing an embryo or fetus at the mother's placenta in transporting food and oxygen and waste

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Umbilical cord

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Certain vegetables and animal fats that are not to be as likely to cause an unhealthy cholesterol levels in the bloodstream because they can absorb or dissolve a greater quantity of a substance

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Unsaturated fats

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System including the kidneys that cleans waste from the blood and regulates the amount of water in the body

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Urinary system

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Hollow muscular organ and females also called the room in which fertilized eggs hold and nourished until birth

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Uterus

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Term derived from the Latin word for cow that designates the injection of a substance into the body to produce immunity to a disease

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Vaccination

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Weekend or dead virus injected into the body to protect against disease

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Vaccine

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Blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

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Vein

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Finger-like projections in the small intestine that add to its absorptive surface

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Villi

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Cells helping the body fight diseases also called the leukocyte

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White blood cell

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Type of rays German Wilhelm roentgen discovered for which she won the first Nobel Prize in physics in 1901 they are used to take pictures of inside the body

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X-ray

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Infectious tropical disease caused by the bite of a mosquito eliminated in the Panama Canal Zone by William gorgas

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Yellow fever or yellow Jack

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Cell phones by a sperm and egg immediately after fertilization

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Zygote