Acquired through an injection of an anti-venom following a snake bite or an injection of hepatitis B immunoglobin
What is passive immunity?
100
The clear, dome-shaped tissue covering the front of the eye.
What is the cornea?
100
(also called the incus) a tiny bone that passes vibrations from the hammer to the stirrup
What is the anvil?
100
Gland where Calcitonin is produced?
What is the Thyroid?
100
Most common nosocomial infection
What is a UTI?
200
When a person is first exposed to an antigen
What is the primary immune response?
200
The colored part of the eye - it controls the amount of light that enters the eye by changing the size of the pupil
What is the iris?
200
A tube that connects the middle ear to the back of the nose; it equalizes the pressure between the middle ear and the air outside. When you "pop" your ears as you change altitude (going up a mountain or in an airplane), you are equalizing the air pressure in your middle ear.
What is the Eustachian tube?
200
Gland where Prolactin is produced
What is the Pituitary?
200
The electrolyte that provides structural strength for bones and teeth, stability of nerves and is necessary for processes such as blood clotting
What is Calcium?
300
When the immune response causes the memory cells to stimulate the large production of antibodies to fight the antigen
What is the secondary response?
300
a crystalline structure located just behind the iris - it focuses light onto the retina
What is the lens?
300
Three loops of fluid-filled tubes that are attached to the cochlea in the inner ear. They help us maintain our sense of balance.
What are the semicircular canals?
300
Gland where Gluagon is produced.
What is the Pancreas?
300
Ovary, Testes, Thyroid, Pancreas, Adrenal
What are the glands within the endocrine system?
400
Person's own body developing the antibodies in response to the antigen introduced into the body
What is active immunity?
400
a thick, transparent liquid that fills the center of the eye - it is mostly water and gives the eye its form and shape
What is the Vitreous?
400
(also called the stapes) a tiny, U-shaped bone that passes vibrations from the stirrup to the cochlea. This is the smallest bone in the human body (it is 0.25 to 0.33 cm long).
What is stirrup?
400
Gland where Cortisol is produced.
What is the adrenal gland?
400
Immunity referring to the antibiotics passed directly from a mother to a child to provide temporary protections
What is natural immunity?
500
Develops when a specific antigen is purposely introduced into the body stimulating the production of antiboides
What is the active artifical immunity?
500
Sensory tissue that lines the back of the eye. It contains millions of photoreceptors (rods and cones) that convert light rays into electrical impulses that are relayed to the brain via the optic nerve
What is the retina?
500
(also called the malleus) a tiny bone that passes vibrations from the eardrum to the anvil
What is the hammer?
500
Gland where Epinephrine is produced.
What is the adrenal gland?
500
Antibiotics are used to prevent the growth of this