Question | Answer |
A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating malignant disorders such as tumors or cancer | Oncologist |
small finger like projections that line the small intestine, containing blood vessels and lacteals. Blood vessels in the villi absorb nutrients from digested food except for fat which is transported by the lacteals | Villi |
a clear watery fluid that transports waste products and proteins out of the cells between body tissue | Lymph |
lymphatic system is sometimes reffered to as | secondary circulatory system |
collects lymph from the right side of the head and neck, upper right quadrants of the body and the right arm | right lymphatic duct |
largest lymphatic vessel in body, collects lymph from the left side of the head and neck, upper left quadrant of the trunk, and both legs | thoracic duct |
located under the armpits | axillary lymph nodes |
located in the groin area of the lower abdomen | inguinal lymph nodes |
what does the spleen do? | has the hemolytic function of destroying worn out red blood cells and releasing their hemoglobin for reuse |
any substance that the body regards as being foreign and includes viruses,bacteria,toxins, and transplanted tissue is called? | antigen |
what is the disease fighting protien created by the immune system in response to the presence of a specific antigen called? | antibody |
white blood cells formed in bone marrow as stems cells are called? | lymphocytes |
a group of proteins that normally circulate the blood in an inactive state and are activated by contact with unspecific antigens such as foreign blood cells and bacteria | complement |
a severe response to an allergen | anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock |
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is the most advanced and fatal stage of HIV infection | aids |
skeletal system
digestive system
nervous system
integumentary system
endocrine system | rheumatoid arthritis/ effects joints
crohns disease/effects intestines
multiple sclerosis/brain and spinal cord
scleroderma/skin
graves disease/thyroid gland |
microorganism that causes disease inside humans | pathogen |
spiral shaped bacteria | spirochetes |
these develop when an antibiotic fails to kill all of the bacteria in targets | antibiotic resistant bacteria |
a plant or animal that lives on or within another living organism at the expense of that organism | parasite |
herpes zoster,infectious mononucleosis,measles,mumps,rubella,rabies,varicella,west nile virus | all virus's |
the study of the prevention,causes and treatments of tumors and cancer | oncology |
something that is harmful, and capable of spreading to distant body sites including other body syste, can become progressively worse and is progressively life threatening | malignant tumor |
form of treatment that disrupts the blood supply to the tumor | antiangiogenesis |
surgery
chemotherapy-chemoprevention,antineoplastic,
cytotoxic drugs
radiation therapy- brachytherapy,teletherapy
additional therapy- adjuvant therapy,targeted therapy | cancer treatments |