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Also known as a contagious disease.
What is communicable.
100
Spread of certain diseases due to the bite of an insect or animal.
What is vector borne.
100
Hormones are directly secreted into the blood stream by these glands.
What is endocrine.
100
Surgical removal of a gland.
What is adenectomy.
100
The study of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and chemistry of a cell.
What is cytology.
200
Incomplete development of an organ due to a difficiency in the number of cells.
What is hypoplasia.
200
A disorder producing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified.
What is functional.
200
Medical term meaning inflammation of the peritoneum.
What is peritonitis.
200
Plane dividing the entire body into an upper and lower portion.
What is transverse.
200
The outer layer of the peritoneum that lines the interior of the abdominal wall.
What is parietal peritoneum.
300
Congenital absence of normal body opening.
What is atresia.
300
Enlargement of an organ or tissue because of an abnormal increase in the number of cells in the tissues.
What is hyperplasia.
300
Position describing the body standing in the standard position.
What is anatomic.
300
Type of condition also known as a birth defect.
What is developmental disorder.
300
These types of cells are found among differentiated cells in a tissue or organ.
What is adult stem cells.
400
Abnormal hardening of a gland.
What is adenosclerosis.
400
Also known as the coronal plane.
What is frontal.
400
Meaning uppermost, above, or toward the head.
What is superior.
400
The type of glands that includes sweat glands that secrete chemical substances into ducts.
What is exocrine.
400
Tissues that form glands and a protective covering for all body surfaces.
What is epithelial.
500
General increase in the bulk of a body part due to an increase in the size, but no in the number, of cells.
What is hypertrophy.
500
Specialized epithelial tissue that lines blood and lymph vessels.
What is endothelium.
500
Somewhat independent part of the body that performs a specific function.
What is organ.
500
Diseases such as the flu that are spread through contact with contaminated respiratory droplets are these types of illnesses.
What is airborne.
500
When this is inherited from either parent, the offspring will inherit the genetic characteristic.
What is dominant gene.