Give the definition
Bifurcation
The normal splitting into two branches
Eu- means?
good, normal
No, without oxygen
Anoxia
A foreign agent that causes production of antibodies?
Antigen
Somn/o means?
Sleep
Hypertrophy
Increase in cell size; increase in development
What prefix means abnormal, besides, near?
Para
The reaction between an antigen and an antibody is called a/an?
Immune Response
This syndrome can occur in children after a viral infection has been treated with aspirin and causes vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased cranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver.
Reye Syndrome
A muscle that draws a limb toward the body is called?
Adductor
Hypertension
Occurs when the force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries is consistently too high
The condition in which the immune system (antibodies) attacks normal, health cells producing chronic, disabling diseases?
Autoimmue Disease
Yellowing in the skin due to excessive destruction of RBC is
Jaundice
An inherited connective tissue disorder marked by a tall, thin body type with both long “spidery” fingers & toes?
Marfan Syndrome
Medical science was revolutionized by the introduction of ____________ in the 1940’s. Now some infections can be treated with only one dose.
Antibiotic
Syndactyly
Congenital anomaly in which the fingers or toes are webbed (formed together)
This _________________ supports and binds other body tissue and parts?
Connective Tissue
When you receive dead or weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells (lymphocytes) to make antibodies. These antibodies will remain in your blood to protect against those specific antigens when encountered in the future. What is this called
Vaccine
A condition that affects infants born who are Rh+ to a mother who is Rh-
Hemolytic Disease of the newborn (HDN)
Dysplastic nevi (abnormal pigmented lesions or moles) on a patient's skin may be a _________ sign of malignant skin cancer called melanoma?
Precancerous
Prodromal
signs/symptoms appear before the actual illness and signal the onset
Your patient has the need for a permanent or long-term indwelling urinary catheter. This urinary catheter is called?
Suprapubic Catheter
Signs and symptoms that occur together indicating a particular condition or disorder is known as?
Syndrome
Mr. Smith followed up with his doctor who examined his prostate gland. He was found to have an increase in the formation of cells (hyperplasia) that was causing his symptoms. The doctor recommended that he have a portion of his prostate removed with an instrument passed through the urethra. What is the procedure called?
Transurethral resection of the prostate gland (TURP)
Recombinant DNA is a technique of transferring genetic material from one organism into another. What is an example we discussed in class?
Insulin