Medical Term Chapter 8
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| Immune system | protective mechanism that fights harmful toxins
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| Immunology | study of immune system and functions
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| Immunologist | specialist in the field
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| organs of the system | thymus, tonsils, lymph nodes, spleen
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| thymus location | cervical
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| tonsils location | cervical
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| spleen location | mediastinum
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| interferons | Small protein producted by T cells
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| acquired (inherited) immunity | genetic immunity to animal diseases
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| acquired active immunity | immunity developed thru exposure to disease
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| acquired passive immunity | from mother / milk - fetus
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| active artifical immunity | immunzations made from the causative agent
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| passive artifical immunity | provide by an injection
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| aden/o | gland
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| auto- | self
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| bacteri/o | bacteria
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| immun/o | immune
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| lymph/o | lymph
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| macro- | large
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| path/o | disease
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| splen/o | spleen
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| thym/o | thymus
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| tox/o | poison
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| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus
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| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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| antibiotics | kill bacteria
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| antifungal agents | treat local / systemic fungal infections
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| antihistamines | block the release of histamine
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| antiviral agents | interfere with viral replication
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| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
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| STD | sexually transmitted disease
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| T&A | tonsillectomy & adenoidectomy
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| TB | tuberculosis
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| adenoid | lymph gland in back of throat
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| phagocytosis | process of ingesting cells or foreign substances
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