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Chapter 1 - 19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| EPIDERMIS | OUTERMOST LAYER OF SKIN |
| SEBUM | OILY SUBSTANCE SECRETED BY SEBACEOUS GLANDS |
| PLASMA | FLUID PART OF BLOOD |
| DEHYDRATION | EXCESS LOSS OF BODY FLUID |
| DIAPHRAM | MUSCLE THAT SEPARATES THE THORACIC FROM THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY USED IN BREATHING |
| MELANIN | PIGMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR VARIATION IN SKIN COLOR |
| SHAFT | VISIBLE PORTION OF THE HAIR |
| IMPETIGO | HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS SKIN DISEASE OF CHILDREN CAUSED BY BACTERIA |
| BASAL CELL CARCINOMA | most common type of skin cancer |
| femur | thigh bone |
| gigantism | excessive endochondral ossification at the epiphseal plates of long bones. RESULTING IN ABNORMALLY LARGE LIMBS. |
| OSTEOPOROSIS | DISEASE OF THE BONE THAT LEADS TO AN INCREASED FRACTURE |
| EXTENSION | INCREASING THE ANGLE BETWEEN BONES |
| ball and socket joint | type of synovial or diarthrosis joint also called a multiaxial joint like the shoulder or hip bone |
| hinge joint | type of synovial joint like the knee or elbow. |
| arthritis | inflammation of the whole joint |
| osteoarthritis | degenerative joint disease |
| gout | accumulation of uric acid crystals in the joint at the base of the large toe and other joints of the feet and legs |
| tympanic membrane | membrane that separates the external ear cancal from the middle ear |
| GOUT | ACCUMULATION OF URIC ACID CRYSTALS IN JOINT AT THE BASE OF THE ALRGE TOE & OTHER JOINTS OF THE FEET AND LEGS |
| MYALGIA | MUSCLE PAIN |
| RETINA | LIGHT SENSITIVE INNER LAYER OF EYE |
| ENCEPHALITIS | ACUTE INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN |
| EPILEPSY | A COMMON CHRONIC NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY RECURRENT UNPROVOKED SEIZURES |
| GLAUCOMA | DISEASE IN WHICH THE OPTIC NERVE IS DAMAGED, LEADING TO PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF VISION |
| THYROXINE | HORMONE SECRETED BY THE THYROID GLAND. (DERIVATIVE OF AMINO ACID) CONTAINS IODINE. |
| DIABETE MELLITUS | (diabetes) characterized by disordered metabolism and abnormally high blood sugar |
| hypothyroidism | disease state in humans and vertebrates casused by insufficient production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland (not enough thyroid hormones) |
| cretinism | condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones. |
| thymosin | hormone secreted by the thymus that stimulates development of T cells |
| thymus | specialized organ in the immune system. hormones produced by this organ stimulate the production of certain infection fighting cells |
| lukemia | cancer of the bone marrow, blood |
| hemophilia | disorder of your blood clotting system. genetic disorder, usually inherited, mechanism of blood clotting |
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