Most malignant form of skin cancer that targets the melanocytes.
What is melanoma?
Infestation of the skin caused by microscopic mites.
What is scabies?
Point where two bones meet.
What is a joint or articulation?
Inflammation of a tendon?
What is tendonitis?
Condition resulting in a decrease in bone density.
What is osteoporosis?
Abundance of immature lymphocytes, mostly seen in children, known as ALL
What is acute lymphoid leukemia?
Bacterial infection (or their toxins) of the blood stream.
What is septicemia?
Pointing your foot/toes down.
What is dorsiflexion?
Blue/black bruise caused by blood accumulating under the skin after trauma.
What is ecchymosis?
Abnormally slow heart rate.
What is bradycardia?
Type that accounts for 90% of lung cancers.
What is non-small cell lung cancer?
Infection caused by the epstien barr virus (EBV), also known as the kissing disease.
What is mononucleosis?
Vessels that take blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
Conditions triggered by pollen, dust, food or medications.
What are hypersensitivities?
Type of arthritis caused by the deposition of uric acid crystals often seen in the joint of the big toe.
What is gout?
Cholelithiasis (not cancer related)
What are gallbladder stones?
Tropical infection caused by a parasitic nemotode, targets the lymph nodes, symptoms include lymphedema.
What is elephantiasis?
Organ that filters and destroys red blood cells as well as activates the lymphocytes.
What is the spleen?
Condition of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
What is a pneumothorax?
General disorder resulting in a decrease of erythrocytes.
What is anemia?
90% of these cancers are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
What is cervical cancer?
What is tooth decay caused by a bacterial infection?
Contraction of the diaphragm that results in air flowing into the lungs.
What is inspiration?
Protrusion of a loop of the small intestine through a weak spot in the abdominal muscle wall.
What is a hernia?
Rare genetic condition where children are bone with a nonfunctioning immune system. Die by age of 2 if left untreated.
What is severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome (SCID)?