Integumentary
The general name for a mole that is actually cancerous/malignant.
What is melanoma?
The three different structures lymph collects in and travels through that DO have the word lymph in their names.
What are lymph vessels, lymph ducts, and lymph nodes?
The "Big Eater" cells of the immune system.
What are macrophages?
The two components of the central nervous system.
What are the brain and spinal cord?
The name for chemical messengers that are released into the bloodstream so that they can act upon other distant structures in the body.
What are hormones?
The four structures of the Integumentary system.
What are skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands?
The condition involving significant swelling of the affected extremities as a results of poor lymph drainage.
What is lymphedema?
The general name for an infectious agent (like bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites) that causes our body to mount an immune response.
What is a pathogen?
It needs to be reached in order for a message to be transmitted from one neuron to another.
What is an action potential?
The air sacs in our lungs where gas exchange occurs between the air we breathe and blood traveling through capillaries.
What are alveoli?
Between psoriasis and eczema, the one that has a stronger link to genetics/heredity and an autoimmune response.
What is psoriasis?
The 4 structures that were highlighted in class that contribute toward lymph production or lymph filtering/storage that DO NOT have lymph in their names.
What are the spleen, bone marrow, thymus, and tonsils?
The general name for a condition where the immune system is dysregulated.
What is an autoimmune disorder?
The "rest and digest" subdivision of the nervous system.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
The organs that filter our blood - and if they fail and are not able to filter blood, we need dialysis.
What are kidneys?
UV radiation, microorganisms, moisture loss, and damage to internal structures.
What are examples of things our skin/integumentary system protects us against?
The general name for the condition that involves localized swelling of lymph nodes secondary to an infectious process or cancer.
What is lymphadenopathy?
The name for a typically innocuous substance that still causes a significant immune response, like itchiness, sneezing/runny nose, hives, or even throat swelling/difficulty breathing.
What is an allergen?
The 4 simplified functions of the nervous system.
What are maintaining homeostasis via control of basic life functions; programming reflexes; memory, learning, and executive functions; and sending/receiving sensory and motor information?
The two conditions that usually cooccur in COPD.
What are emphysema and chronic bronchitis?
The 5 functions of the Integumentary System.
What are protection, excretion, temperature regulation, contains sensory organs, and giving us our physical appearance ("Looking pretty")?
The 3 functions of the lymphatic system.
What are removal of excess fluids to prevent spontaneous swelling, production of immune cells, and absorption of fatty acids?
The two primary cell types in the adaptive immune system.
What are B cells and T cells?
The difference between a concussion and a more severe TBI.
What is that a concussion is primarily a metabolic process, whereas a TBI involves actual death of brain tissue.
The longest stage of development between fertilization and birth.
What is the fetal stage?