Medical Terminology
The prefix meaning outside or outer
What is Exo-?
The function of this is to resist changes in pH when small amounts of acid or base is added
What is a buffer?
This states that all living things are composed of cells; cells are the basic functional unit of life; cells arise only from pre-existing cells; and cells carry their genetic information in the form of DNA
What is Cell Theory?
This is the longest, strongest bone in the body
What is femur?
This organ produces insulin in the human body
What is Pancreas?
This is the common term for a cerebrovascular accident
What is a stroke?
States that the number of moles of a gas present is proportional to its volume, assuming constant pressure and temperature
What is Avagadro's Principle?
This makes hydrogen peroxide and digests fats into smaller molecules
What are Peroxisomes?
This is a inflammatory condition of one or more joints
What is Arthritis?
This is the most likely to occur when your diaphragm goes into spasms
What are hiccups?
This is the medical term for hair loss
What is Alopecia?
This device would be the most appropriate to use to measure the heat capacity of a liquid
What is a calorimeter?
This vascular structure creates the most resistance to blood flow
What is Arterioles?
This type of cellular connection is characterized by openings in adjacent animal cells for intercellular exchange to take place
What is Gap Junction?
In the compound KH2PO4, this element has the highest oxidation number
What is Potassium (P)?
An infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules in the tissues, especially the lungs
What is Tuberculosis (TB)?
This is a reaction that utilizes oxygen and hydrocarbons as reactants and that produces carbon dioxide and water as products
What is Combustion?
Ribosomes are primarily located in this neural structure
What is Soma?
This process is when the stomach muscles contract to propel food through the digestive tract
What is Peristalsis?
This cell type is a phagocyte that attacks bacterial pathogens in the bloodstream
What are Neutrophils?
This physician specializes in treating patients with diseases of the liver
What is Hepatologist?
This intermolecular force provides the most accurate explanation for why noble gases can liquefy
What is Dispersion Forces?
A hormone synthesized and released by the thyroid gland that decreases plasma Ca2+ concentration
What is Calcitonin?
A patient sustains severe blunt trauma to the left upper abdomen and requires surgery. This body organ is the most likely to be involved
What is Spleen?
This is where most self-reactive T-cells are eliminated
What is Thymus?