Types of Diseases
Can be spread from person to person
What is a communicable disease
The body system that consist of various glands that produce hormones
What is the endocrine system?
The liquid portion of the blood
What is plasma?
Ingested food is stored and mixed with gastric juice in this organ
What is the stomach?
The central nervous system consists of the brain and this
What is the spinal cord?
Caused by a lack of an essential nutrient
What is a deficiency disease?
Hormone produced by the thyroid gland to regulate body metabolism
What is thyroxine?
The microscopic blood vessels that connect arteries and veins and supply body tissues with blood
What are capillaries?
This organ filters blood from the digestive system and manufactures many chemical substances
What is the liver?
The part of the brain primarily responsible for thought, memory, and consciousness
What is the cerebrum?
Recurrent or long lasting disease
What is a chronic disease?
The primary reproductive hormone in men
What is testosterone?
The iron-containing protein that allows blood cells to transport oxygen
What is hemoglobin?
Catalysts produced by living cells
What are enzymes?
The part of the ear that translates sound vibrations into nerve impulses
What is the cochlea?
Occurs when the immune system attacks the body
What is an autoimmune disease?
The hormone that could potentially be used to treat disorders in which a person has difficulty falling asleep
What is melatonin?
The membrane that prevents friction between the rib cage and lungs
What is pleura?
The fingerlike projections within the small intestine
What are villi?
The light-sensitive layer of the eye that converts light rays into nerve impulses and transmits them to the brain
What is the retina?
Occurs during development in the mother's womb and is present at birth
What is a congenital disease?
The hormones insulin and glucagon regulate this level in the blood
What is glucose?
Tiny air sacs in the lungs that allow gases to be exchanged between the air and the blood
What are alveoli?
Starch and dietary fiber are made from long chains of these smaller molecules
What are monosaccharides?
The long extension of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses away from the cell body to other neurons
What is an axon?