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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| endometriosis effects | endometrial lining of the uterus, cells migrate to other locations in the body |
| tinea | ringworm - caused by a fungus |
| impetiago | bacterial found mostly in kids |
| scabies | mites that burrow under the skin |
| tinea pedis | athelets foot |
| warts caused by... | HPV - human papiloma virus |
| excema | allergic reaction on skin |
| psoriasis | silvery scales |
| actinic Keratosis | precancerous lesions that develope into basil cell carcinoma |
| Nevis | Mole |
| melanoma | most deadly form of skin cancer |
| ABCDE of skin cancer | Asymetry, border, color, diameter, elevation |
| ALS | Lou Gherigs disease, Amiotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| MS - | Multiple Sclerosis-Auto immune - attacks myelin sheaths of axons |
| 2 cells in NS | Neurons & Neuroglia |
| Nerve cells that most often form cancer | Neuroglia - can replicate |
| Astrocyte | star shaped, most common neuroglia that forms tumors |
| glaucoma | high intraoccular pressure |
| cataract | cloudy lense |
| otitis media | ear infection |
| minears disease | ringing in ears and vertigo |
| ancephally | born with no skull and brain |
| hemophelia | inhereted bleeding disorder |
| signs of inflamation | redness, swelling, heat, pain |
| hyperplasia | increase in # of cells |
| atrophy | wasting away of tissue |
| hypoxia | lack of O2 at the cellular level |
| TSH | Thyroid Stim hormone |
| hypothalamus | regulates endocrine system |
| diabetes militus | loss of insuline producing cells |
| gland that produces insuline | pancreas |
| insulin | lowers blood sugar by increasing uptake of glucose into the cells |
| menengitis | effects meninges - bacterial/viral |
| loss of memory and mental capacity | alzheimers |
| adult eye tumor | melanoma |
| kid eye tumor | neuroblastoma |
| otosclerosis | new bone forms on ossicles of middle ear |
| presbycusis | hearing loss in older people |
| rupture tympanic membrane | hearing loss |
| conjunctivitis | inflamation of the conjunctiva - pink eye |
| Akromegally | too much growth hormone as an ADULT |
| endocrine system | Collection of glands that secrete hormones |
| diabetes insipidus | missing ADH |
| cortisol | anti-inflamatory |
| glucagon | raises blood sugar by pancreas |
| hypothyroidism | cold, puffy, tired, low metabolism |
| parathyroid glands | embedded in thyroid, regulate calcium levels in blood |
| parathyroid hormone | raises blood calcium |
| calcitonin | lowers blood calcium |
| epinephrine made in... | adrenal medulla |
| cushings syndrome | too much cortisol - puffy, moon faced |
| graves disease | too much thyroid hormone, hyperthyroidism |
| pheochromocytoma | tumor that causes hypersecretion of adrenaline |
| ichtheosis | fish scales, thick squamus scales on skin |
| albanism | missing melanin |
| bulla | blister |
| 1st degree burn | sunburn |
| karpasis carcinoma | lesions caused by AIDS |
| onchomychosis | nail fungus |
| alopecia | baldness |
| hirtsuism | too much hair |
| subdural hematoma | btw duramater and arachnoid |
| parkinsons | dopamine producing cells destroyed |
| brady kinesia | difficulty inniating movemen- symptom of parkinsonst |
| West Nile Virus | causes encephalitis |
| myocardial infarction | heart attack |
| cerebrovascular accident | stroke |
| autoimmune disease | body attacks healthy tissue as a foreign substance |