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| show | describes a person who is able to walk
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| Ascites | show 🗑
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| Adhesion | show 🗑
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| show | transparent membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity & enfolds the viscera
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| show | internal organs
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| Midsagittal Plane | show 🗑
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| show | divides the body into right and left sides (not equal)
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| Frontal (Coronal) Plane | show 🗑
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| Transverse Plane | show 🗑
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| Inferior | show 🗑
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| Superior | show 🗑
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| Proximal | show 🗑
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| show | far or distant from the origin or point of attachment
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| show | lying face down
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| show | lying on the back
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| show | palm of the hand downward
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| Supination | show 🗑
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| show | nearer to or toward the front; ventral
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| show | near to or toward the back; dorsal; situated behind
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| Lateral | show 🗑
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| show | belly side; same as anterior surface in humans
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| Dorsal | show 🗑
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| Medial, Median | show 🗑
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| show | toward the head
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| show | toward the tail; in an inferior direction in humans
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| show | the position a person is in while standing erect with arms at the sides and the palms forward
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| Hyperplasia | show 🗑
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| show | an increase in the size of an organ caused by an increase in the size of existing cells
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| Recumbent | show 🗑
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| Lateral Recumbent | show 🗑
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| show | makes movement possible
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| show | provides protection; form and shape for the body, stores minerals and forms some blood cells
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| show | delivers oxygen, nutrients, and vital substances throughout the body; transports cellular waste products to the lungs and kidneys for excretion
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| Lymphatic System | show 🗑
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| Respiratory System | show 🗑
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| show | provides the body with water, nutrients, and minerals; removes solid wastes
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| show | filters blood to remove wastes of cellular metabolism; maintains the electrolyte and fluid balance
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| Reproductive System | show 🗑
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| Integumenary System | show 🗑
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| show | coordinates the reception of stimuli; transmits messages to stimulate movement
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| show | secretes hormones and helps regulate body activities
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| RUQ | show 🗑
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| RLQ | show 🗑
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| LLQ | show 🗑
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| show | Left Upper Quadrant
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| Hematoma | show 🗑
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| Homeostasis | show 🗑
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| Hemolysis | show 🗑
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| Hemodialysis | show 🗑
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| show | blood clotting when blood is removed from the body
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| show | substance that prevents coagulation
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| Thrombosis | show 🗑
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| show | platelets
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| show | red blood cells
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| show | white blood cells
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| show | substance tat is capable of inducing a specific immune response
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| show | caused by a defect in the immune system; characterized by a susceptibility to infections and chronic disease
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| show | excessive defense mechanism reaction to an antigen
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| Allergies | show 🗑
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| Antibodies | show 🗑
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| Susceptibility | show 🗑
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| show | process by which resistance to an infectious organisms
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| show | individual's own body produces an immune response to a harmful antigen
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| show | immune agents response develop in another person or animal an then are transferred to an individual who was not previously immune (borrowed immunity, effective for short time)
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| show | immune response that has been weakened by a disease or immunosuppressive agent (drugs, radiation)
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| show | exaggerated, life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction to a previously encountered antigen; insect stings and penicillin are two common causes
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| show | favorable for recovery; not having a tendency to spread (not cancer)
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| show | tending to grow worse, to spread, and possibly become life threatening (cancer)
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| show | spreading from one part of the body to another part (malignant cancer cells)
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| Bioterrorism | show 🗑
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| show | process of providing nutrition for the body
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| Ingestion | show 🗑
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| show | the mechanical and chemical conversion of food into substances that can eventually be absorbed by cells
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| show | process in which the digested food molecules pass through the lining of the lymph capillaries (takes place in small intestine)
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| show | removal of undigested food particles
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| Lactase | show 🗑
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| Lactose | show 🗑
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| Protease | show 🗑
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| show | enzyme that breaks down starch
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| Lipase | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to gums
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| show | under the tongue
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| Orthodontics | show 🗑
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| Gastric Lavage | show 🗑
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| show | pain in the stomach
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| show | study of the stomach, intestines, and associated structures
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| show | the physician who specializes in the stomach, intestines and associated structures
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| show | a group of muscles that are located between the ileum and the cecum
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| show | opening from the large intestine to the exterior
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| Proctologist | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to the interior lining of the stomach
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| Esophageal | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to the tongue
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| Biliary | show 🗑
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| show | breaks down fats before absorption by the small intestine, produced by the liver
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| show | pertaining to the gallbladder
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| show | produced by the pancreas to regulate blood sugar
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| Bulimia | show 🗑
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| Cheilitis | show 🗑
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| show | inflammation of the mouth
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| show | abnormally low blood sugar
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| Hepatomegaly | show 🗑
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| show | excessive vomiting
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| Hemorrhoids | show 🗑
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| Cholecystitis | show 🗑
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| show | high concentration of sugar in the blood and resulting from insufficient production of insulin
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| show | creation of surgical passage through the abdominal wall into the ileum
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| Dehydration | show 🗑
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| show | gums
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| Gastroenteritis | show 🗑
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| show | the instrument used that consists of a tube and optical system used to inspect body organs (stomach, colon)
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| Cholelithiasis | show 🗑
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| show | difficulty swallowing
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| Diverticulitis | show 🗑
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| show | x-rays using contrast agents to evaluate the gastrointestinal tract
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| show | removal of gallbladder
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| show | normal digestion
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| show | drug that suppresses the appetite
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| show | a condition causing yellowness of the skin, yellow in the whites of the eyes and mucus membranes...caused by liver disease
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| show | chronic liver disease characterized by degeneration of the liver
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| show | loss of appetite for food
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