Inflammation & Repair
This cell is the first type of WBC recruited to the area of injury.
What is a neutrophil?
Primary WBC's involved in the immune response that are able to recognize and respond to an antigen.
What is a lymphocyte?
Squamous Cell Carcinoma affects this type of tissue.
What is epithelium?
This term refers to a macular skin pigmentation that is the color of coffee with milk.
What is Cafe au lait?
Cushing syndrome is another name for this systemic disease.
What is Hypercortisolism?
These are the localized clinical signs of inflammation.
What is redness, heat, swelling, pain, and loss of tissue function.
Dry eyes and dry mouth are two symptoms of this condition.
What is Sjorgren syndrome?
This type of tumor is localized and can be surrounded by fibrous connective tissue.
What is benign?
Patient's described as having a "lion-like face" is associated with this chronic metabolic bone disease.
What is Paget Disease of Bone?
This is the most common endocrine disease in the United States of America.
What is Type 2 Diabetes?
Elevated levels of this protein are present during episodes of acute inflammation or infection.
What are C-reactive proteins?
What is butterfly?
This cancer stage has the worst prognosis.
What is stage IV?
This is a central giant cell granuloma associated with hyperparathyroidism.
What is a "Brown Tumor"?
This condition is the most common cause of hypothyroidism.
What is Graves Disease?
Initial connective tissue formed after injury.
What is granulation tissue?
This type of immunity refers to the use of antibodies produced by another person to protect an individual against infectious disease.
What is passive immunity?
The use of tobacco, alcohol consumption, and having the HPV virus are all risk factors of this oral cancer.
What is Squamous Cell Carcinoma
This disease develops over a long period as the result of calcium deficiency.
What is osteomalacia?
People with this systemic disease need to adhere to a gluten free diet.
What is Celiac Disease?
This type of healing has clean cut edges and incisions are joined with sutures to form a small clot.
What is healing by primary intention?
Lesion composed of Wickham striae along with slightly raised white plaque-like areas that do not rub off.
What is reticular lichen planus?
This type of tumor may have started in one location of the body, but is now found in other places of the body.
What is metastatic?
This is defined as "involvement of multiple bones"
What is Polyostotic?
A burning and painful tongue is a clinical manifestation of this disease.
What is Iron Deficiency Anemia?