Question | Answer |
abdominal cavity | The cavity within the abdomen, the space between the abdominal wall and the spine. |
adenectomy | 1.surgical removal of a gland |
adenocarcinoma | is a type of cancer that may affect various organs. It is derived from the word “adeno” meaning 'pertaining to a gland' and “carcinoma” meaning ... |
adenoma | a benign tumor that forms from glandular cells. Adenomas do not usually spread, although they can be dangerous |
adenomalacia | Undue softness of a gland. |
adenosclerosis | Hardening of a gland. |
anaplasia | Reversion of cells to an immature or a less differentiated form, as occurs in most malignant tumors. |
anatomy | •Dissection of a plant or animal to study the structure, position, and interrelation of its various parts. |
anomaly | •Deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule. |
anterior | •Located on or near the front of an organ or on the ventral surface of the body in humans. |
aplasia | is the condition of being born without a certain organ or tissue. Though aplasia can be fatal, it is not always so, since... |
bloodborne transmission | is just one of the ways some viruses are spread. Hepatitis A and hepatitis E are spread a different way |
caudal | Caudal regression syndrome is a disorder that impairs the development of the lower (caudal) half of the body. Affected areas can include the lower |
cephalic | presentation is a situation at childbirth where the fetus is in a longitudinal lie and the head enters the pelvis first |
chromosomes | is an organized structure of DNA and protein that is found in cells. It is a single piece of coiled DNA containing many genes, regulatory elements |
communicable disease | a disease that can be communicated from one person to another. disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal |
congenital disorder | is a medical condition that's present at birth. |
cytoplasm | is basically the substance that fills the cell. |
distal | refers to sites located away from a reference point. |
dorsal | structures are located on a marine animal. |
dysplasia | is a term used in pathology to refer to an abnormality of development. |
endemic | native, characteristic of, or belonging to a particular people, country, area, locality, or field |
endocrine glands | A gland that secretes a substance (a hormone) |
epidemic | The occurrence of more cases of disease than expected in a given area or among |
epigastric region | the middle and pyloric end o the stomach, left lobe of the liver , the pancreas, the duodenum, part of the kidneys and the suprarenal capsules. |
etiology | Pathology. a. the study of the causes of diseases. b. the cause or origin of a disease. |
exocrine glands | are glands whose secretions pass into a system of ducts that lead ultimately to the exterior of the body. So the inner surface of the glands |
functional disorder | of mitochondria are defined not by what they are, but by what they are not: they generally do not result in structural anomalies. |
genetic disorder | is a disease caused by a different form of a gene called a variation, or an alteration of a gene called a mutation. |
geriatrician | are initially trained in family practice or internal medicine and then complete at least one additional year of specialized training in Geriatrics |
hemophilia | is a rare hereditary (inherited) bleeding disorder in which blood cannot clot normally at the site of a wound or injury. |
histology | is an essential component to the art and science of pathology. |