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HumanBodyCH6

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Health   physical, mental, and social well being  
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disease   an abnormality in body function that threatens health  
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Etiology   study of the factors that cause a disease  
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Idiopathic   refers to a disease with an unknown cause  
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Signs and symtoms   the objective and subjective abnormalities associated with a disease  
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Pathogenesis   the pattern of a disease's development  
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Epidemiology   the study of occurrence, distribution, and transmission of diseases in human populations  
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Endemic diseases   native to a local region  
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Pandemics   are widespread, perhaps global epidemics More common due modern air travel  
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epidemics   occur when a disease affects many people at the same time  
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Disease   is difficult to discover, many factors of disease transmission, Can be fought through prevention and therapy( treatment)  
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Communicable   disease that can be transmitted from one person to another  
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Latent / incubation period   time when no sign or symptoms of a disease are evident  
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Factors involved in spreading disease   nutrition, age, gender, sanitation practices, socioeconomic condition  
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Mechanism of disease   genetic mechanism, pathogenic organisms, tumors and cancer, physical and chemical agents, malnutrition, autoimmunity, inflammation, degeneration,  
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Risk factor   certain predisposing conditions that make the development of a disease more likely  
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type of risk factors   genetic factores age, lifestyle stress, environmental factors, preexisting conditions  
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Virus description   intercellular parasite that consists of a nucleic acid (RNA, DNA) surrounded by a protein coat and sometimes by a lipoprotein envelope  
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Virus   invades the cell and inserts its own genetic code into th host cell's genetic code, causing cell to produce viral DNA or RNA and protein coats.Pirates host cell's nutrients and organelles to produce more virus particles  
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Prions   pathogenic protein molecules  
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Bacterium   tiny, primitive cell without nucleus. Secrete toxic substance that damage tissue, become parasites inside human cell, can form colonies in the body disrupt normal function  
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Aerobic bacteria   requires oxygen for their metabolism  
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Anaerobic bacteria   requires an absence of oxygen for their metabolism  
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Bacilli bacteria   large, rod-shaped cells found singly or in groups  
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Cocci bacteria   large round, found singly, in pairs, in strings, or in clusters  
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Curved or spiral rods bacteria   curved rods arranged singly or in strands; large spiral cells or cell colonies  
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Small bacteria   round or oval, are so small they were thought to be virus. only reproduce inside other living cells. (Obligate parasites)  
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Fungi   group of simple organisms similar to plants but without chlorophyll  
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Pathogenic animals ( Metazoa )   large multicellular organisms  
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Paillomas, Adenomas, Nevi   benign tumors that arise from epithelial tissue  
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Lipomas, Osteomas, Chondromas   benign tumors that arise from connective tissue  
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Sarcomas type   lymphomas, osteosarcomas, myelomas fribrosarcomas  
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factor of development cancer   genetics, carcinogens, age, environment, viruses  
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methods of detecting cancer   self examination, diagnostic imaging, biopsy blood test  
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cancer treatment   surgery chemotherapy radiation therapy, immunotherapy, gentic engineering  
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primary signs for inflammation   redness, heat, swelling, pain  
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Chemotaxis   movement of white blood cells in response to chemical attractants  
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positive affect of fever   increased temperature often kills or inhibits the growth of pathogenic microbes, may enhance activity of immune system  
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vaccine   killed or attenuated pathogen, stimulate immunity  
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antibiotics   chemicals produced by certain living organisms, inhibits growth of or kill pathogens  
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spores   formed by bacteria, able to survive heat, various chemicals, dry conditions  
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Protozoa   one cell organisms larger than bacteria, DNA organized in a nucleus  
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Amoebas   pathogenic protozoa, large cells of changing shape  
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Flagellates   pathogenic protozoa, move by wiggling long, whiplike extensions  
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Ciliates   pathogenic protozoa, move by means of many short, hairlike projections  
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Sporozoa   pathogenic protozoa, unusual organelles tips allow them to enter host cell (Coccidia)  
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Pathogenic animals   Metozoa, large multicellular organisms,  
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Nematodes   pathogenic animals, large parasites m round worm, transmitted by food or flies that bite  
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Platyhelminths   pathogenic animals, large parasites, flatworms, flukes, infest several human organs  
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Arthropods   pathogenic animals, grpup of parasites, include Mites, Ticks, Lice, Fleas  
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Aseptic methods that prevent spread of pathogens   Sterilization, disinfection, Antisepsis, Isolation  
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Microbes   Microscopic organisms that include bacteria, fungi, and protozoa are called  
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A vector of the disease is   organism that spreads disease to other organism  
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Adenoma   benign tumor forms from glandular epithelium.  
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Melanoma   cancer that involves melanocytes  
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Adenocarcinoma   general term for malignant tumors of glandular epithelium  
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Sarcomas   malignant tumor arises from connective tissues  
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Lymphoma   cancer of lymphatic tissue  
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Osteosarcoma   malignant tumor of bone tissue  
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Myeloma   malignant bone marrow tumor  
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Fibrosarcoma   general term cancer involving fibrous tissue  
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Hyperplasia   produces to many cells  
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anaplasia   process of production of abnormal or undifferentiated tumor cells  
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Oncogenes   cancer genes  
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neuroblastoma   malignant tumor arises from nerve tissue  
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Carcinogens   cancer markers, chemicals affect genetic activity, abnormal cell reproduction  
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Mutagens   mutation markers, cause changes in a cell's DNA structure  
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Pathogenesis   mechanism of disease's development, (Pattern)  
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Pathophysiology   the organized study of the underlying physiological processes associated with disease  
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yeast   small single cell fungi  
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Genetic mechanism   altered or mutated genes than can cause ;production of abnormal proteins  
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Infectious mechanism   pathogenic organisms or particles that damage the body in some way  
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Neoplastic mechanism   abnormal tissue growths or neoplasms (tumors [benign or malignant] and cancers) that can cause a variety of physiological disturbance  
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traumatic mechanism   physical and chemical agents, extreme heat and cold, mechanical injury (trauma) and radiation  
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Metabolic mechanism   endocrine imbalance or malnutrition causes insufficient or imbalanced intake of nutrition  
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Inflammatory mechanisms: Autoimmunity   faulty response or over reaction of the immune system that causes it to attack th body  
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Inflammatory mechanisms: Inflammation   common response of the body to disturbances  
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Degeneration   breaking apart degeneration of tissues by means of many still unknown processes  
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Gram positive   bacteria that stain purple  
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virus   pathogen that can cause warts and infectious mononucleosis  
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Leukemia   cancer of blood tissue  
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Cachexia   syndrome appetite loss, weight loss, general weakness  
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Metastasis   cell leave a primary tumor and start a secondary tumor at a new location  
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Papilloma   benign epithelial tumor finger like projection  
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Pus   inflammatory exudate  
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inflammation mediators   Histamine, Prostaglandins, Kinins  
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Inflammatory response   redness, heat, swelling (edema), pain  
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