Diseases & Disorders
The term for the uncontrolled and abnormal cell growth that can metastasize
What is cancer?
The enzyme that unwinds the DNA double helix during DNA replication.
What is Helicase?
These professionals clean teeth, take X-rays, and check for cavities.
What is a Dental Hygienist or Dentist?
This part of the neuron receives incoming signals
What is a Dendrite?
Outer skin layer that protects our body
What is the epidermis?
A disorder primarily caused by the body's inability to respond to insulin signaling.
What is Type 2 Diabetes or What is Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus?
The process by which DNA is copied into RNA
What is transcription?
This healthcare worker assists surgeons during operations by passing tools and maintaining a sterile environment.
What is a surgical technologist?
This structure connects the brain to the rest of the body.
What is the Spinal cord?
This term means inflammation of a joint.
What is arthritis?
The genetic disorder characterized by a sex chromosome makeup of XXY.
What is Klinefelter Syndrome?
When a protein is heated too much it can lose its shape and no longer function....
What is Denaturation?
This professional supports patients’ social and emotional needs in hospitals.
What is a Medical Social Worker?
This type of muscle is voluntary and attached to bones.
What is Skeletal muscle?
“Myocardial” refers to this type of tissue.
What is heart muscle tissue?
Diseases that are caused by misfolded proteins that trigger other proteins to misfold, damaging the nervous system
What are prion diseases?
This checkpoint in mitosis ensures that the is DNA replicated and undamaged.
What is the G2 checkpoint?
This career focuses on restoring independence through daily living and fine motor skills.
What is a Occupational Therapist?
The vessels where gas exchange occurs.
What are Capillaries?
The root “nephro–” refers to this organ.
What is the kidney?
Damage to the Broca's area typically causes
What is Broca's aphasia or What is expressive aphasia?
This organelle modifies, sorts, and packages proteins for transport within or outside the cell.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
This specialist studies and diagnoses diseases by examining tissues and body fluids under a microscope.
What is a pathologist?
A muscle that assists the prime mover during an action.
What is a Synergist?
Anatomic plane separates the inferior and superior parts of the body
What is the Transverse plane?