Diseases and Treatments
___________ is the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
Vaccination
Used for listening to someone's heart or breathing, typically having a small disk-shaped resonator that is placed against the chest.
Stethoscope
The _______ system involves every organ that works to protect the body from outside pathogens once they have entered the body.
Immune
The term for the medical specialty concerned with the study and treatment of the digestive system.
Gastroenterology
This type of cancer treatment uses high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
Radiation Therapy
Used to record body temperature.
Thermometer
The kidneys, bladder, and ureters perform blood filtration of urea and are part of the ______ system.
Urinary
The medical term for the part of the brain that regulates vital bodily functions such as breathing and heart rate.
Brainstem
This disease causes serious health issues like kidney failure, heart disease, and blindness. People usually have to get a shot every week or day depending on how bad it is.
Diabetes
Used for testing the motor reflexes of the body.
Reflex Hammer
The ______ System includes the body’s largest organ and serves as the body’s first line of defense against foreign pathogens.
Integumentary
The name of the malignant cancer of the bone marrow that produces an abnormal increase in white blood cells.
Leukemia
This disease comes from the tropical rain forests in the northern and western parts of Africa.
Monkeypox
Used to look into the external ear cavity.
Otoscope
This body system shares many of the same organs and functions as the immune system, but its purpose is to transport the body’s defenses to different parts of the body.
Lymphatic System
The prefix that means "within" and is commonly used to refer to medical procedures that involve the insertion of a flexible tube into a body cavity or organ.
Endo-