click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
vet vocab
veterinary vocabulary
Question | Answer |
---|---|
proteins produced by the immune system in response to antigens; an important component of the immune system | antibody |
a foreign substance that stimulates an immune response | antigen |
inflammation of a joint. Caused by abnormal stress on a normal joint, or by normal stress on an abnormal joint. Polyarthritis is immune mediated, and is arthritis in multiple joints | arthritis |
failure of the immune system to differentiate the body’s own cells from foreign substances, triggering an inflammatory response against self. | autoimmune disease |
the body produces antibodies directed against its own red blood cells, causing their destruction. FYI: Many if not all of the autoimmune anemias have antibodies that attack related, similar blood types, donor RBC’s too. | autoimmune hemolytic anemia |
any of the chromosomes other than the sex pair, the ‘X’ or ‘Y’ chromosomes. benign – not cancerous or malignant. | autosomal |
deposits of calcium found in small lumps under the skin, in the tongue, or attached to tendons or in joint capsules. | calcinosis circumscripta |