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Disease
Immune System
Tissues
Anatomy
Skin
100
A disease of lack in which a patient has less red blood cells than normal.

What is anemia?


100
This type of immunity matures at 6 months of age.

What is adquired or specific immunity?

100
A specialized group of cells.

What is a tissue?

100
This term is used to refer to something on an extremity being closer to the torso of the body.

What is "proximal"?


100
Vitamin that is activited by spending time in sunlight.

What is vitamin D?

200
When an agent and a host meet here, disease may be caused.

What is environment?

200
Macrophages use this process to destroy pathogens.

What is phagocytosis?

200
The most abundant type of tissue in the body

What is connective tissue?

200
Reproductive organs and the urinary bladder are found in this cavity.

What is the pelvic cavity?

200
Protein found in the hair, nails and most superficial layer of skin.

What is keratin?

300
Alzheimer is this type of disease.

What is a degenerative disease?

300
A substance that can cause an immune system reaction. Normally part of a pathogen.


What is an antigen?

300
A type of muscle tissue you cannot control voluntarily.

What are smooth and cardiac muscle?

300

An anatomical plane used to segment the body in a right and a left half.

What is a saggital cut or plane?

300

Pigment responsible for skin and hair color.

What is melanin?

400
Signs and symptoms show up during this period of disease.

What is the pathologic period of disease?

400
These cells are capable of producing proteins that attack and neutralize specific antigens.

What are b-cells?

400
Condrocytes produce this type of tissue by depositing collagen in their extracellular matrix.

What is cartilage?

400
An anatomical term used to describe something being closer to the belly area.

What is "ventral"?


400

Accesories of the integumentary system?

What are hair, nails, glands and nerve endings?

500
This preventive activity involves being exposed to antigens of specific diseases to create antibodies without getting the disease.

What are vaccines?


500

The following process is part of the innate immune system. It is also a sign in some diseases.

What is a fever or inflamation?

500

Name for a type of cell in nervous tissue that helps nourish neurons.

What are cells of the neuroglia?

500

A complete description of the standard anatomical position.

What is a person standing fully erect, facing forward. Standing with their arms at their sides with the palms facing forward. Feet pointing forward.

500

Total number of layers of the skin and their names.

What are 3, the epidermis, dermis and hypodermis or subcutaneous tissue?