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MedCon 2
The following activity is for the "key terms" in chapter 2 of your textbook.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| Allergen | the environmental substance that causes a reaction |
| Allergy | the state when the immune response is too intense to hypersensitive to an environmental substance |
| Anoxia | no oxygen |
| Antibodies | immunoglobulins that develop in response to an antigen; also called immune bodies; proteins that the body produces to read to and render the antigen harmless |
| Antigens | a cell marker that induces a state of sensitivity after coming in contact with an antibody; any substance that causes the body some type of harm, thus setting off this specific reaction |
| Atrophy | a decrease in cell size, which leads to a decrease in the size of the tissue and organ |
| Autoimmunity | a state when the immune response attacks itself |
| Bariatrics | the branch of medicine that deals with obesity |
| Benign | having limited growth, noncancerous |
| Body mass index (BMI) | a measurement obtained by dividing the individual’s weight in pounds by his or her height in inches. A BMI scale uses these figures to determine levels of obesity |
| Cachexia | a term used to describe any individual who has an ill, thin, wasted appearance |
| Cancer | a malignant tumor |
| Congenital | present at birth; usually concerning a congenital anomaly or an abnormality present at birth |
| Degenerative | disease related to aging, or destruction of tissue, functions and use |
| Dysplasia | an alteration in size, shape, and organization of cells |
| Encapsulated | enclosed in a capsule |
| Enteral | related to the small intestine |
| Gangrene | a condition occurring when saprophytic (dead tissue |
| Hyperplasias | an increase in cell number; overgrowth in response to some type of stimulus |
| Hypertrophy | an increase in the size of the cell, leading to an increase in tissue and organ size |
| Hypoxia | not enough oxygen in tissues |
| Immunodeficiency | the state when the immune response is unable to defend the body due to a decrease or absence of leukocytes, primarily lymphocytes |
| Infarct | necrosis of cells or tissues due to ischemia |
| Infection | invasion of microorganisms into the tissue, causing cell or tissue injury, thus leading to the inflammatory response |
| Inflammation | a basic pathologic process of cytologic and chemical reactions that occur in the blood vessels and tissues in response to an injury or irritation; a protective immune response that is triggered by any type or injury or irritant |
| Ischemia | hypoxia of cells or tissues caused by decreased blood flow |
| Malignant | deadly or progressing to death; cancerous |
| Metaplasia | a cellular adaptation in which the cell changes to another type of cell |
| Metastasize | move or spread |
| Metastatic | moves from a site of origin to a secondary site in the body |
| Morbidity | state of being diseased |
| MVAs | motor vehicle accidents |
| Necrosis | cellular death |
| Neoplasia | the development of a new type of cell which an uncontrolled growth pattern |
| Neoplasms | an increase in cell number, leading to an increase in tissue size; commonly called tumors |
| Oncology | the study of tumors |
| Organ rejection | when the body recognizes an organ (after a transplant) as foreign and attacks it, leading to organ death |
| Parenteral | a delivery route for fluid or medications that includes subcutaneous, intramuscular an intravenous administration |
| TPN | total parenteral nutrition; intravenously giving a special solution that meets the total nutritional needs of the individual |
| Trauma | a physical or mental injury |
| Triage | the prioritizing of care |
| Tumors | “swelling” or growth, originally used in the description of the swelling related to inflammation |
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