A & P !! Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
EPIDERMIS | OUTERMOST LAYER OF SKIN |
SEBUM | OILY SUBSTANCE SECRETED BY SEBACEOUS GLANDS |
PLASMA | FLUID PART OF BLOOD |
DEHYDRATION | EXCESS LOSS OF BODY FLUID |
DIAPHRAM | MUSCLE THAT SEPARATES THE THORACIC FROM THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY USED IN BREATHING |
MELANIN | PIGMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR VARIATION IN SKIN COLOR |
SHAFT | VISIBLE PORTION OF THE HAIR |
IMPETIGO | HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS SKIN DISEASE OF CHILDREN CAUSED BY BACTERIA |
BASAL CELL CARCINOMA | most common type of skin cancer |
femur | thigh bone |
gigantism | excessive endochondral ossification at the epiphseal plates of long bones. RESULTING IN ABNORMALLY LARGE LIMBS. |
OSTEOPOROSIS | DISEASE OF THE BONE THAT LEADS TO AN INCREASED FRACTURE |
EXTENSION | INCREASING THE ANGLE BETWEEN BONES |
ball and socket joint | type of synovial or diarthrosis joint also called a multiaxial joint like the shoulder or hip bone |
hinge joint | type of synovial joint like the knee or elbow. |
arthritis | inflammation of the whole joint |
osteoarthritis | degenerative joint disease |
gout | accumulation of uric acid crystals in the joint at the base of the large toe and other joints of the feet and legs |
tympanic membrane | membrane that separates the external ear cancal from the middle ear |
GOUT | ACCUMULATION OF URIC ACID CRYSTALS IN JOINT AT THE BASE OF THE ALRGE TOE & OTHER JOINTS OF THE FEET AND LEGS |
MYALGIA | MUSCLE PAIN |
RETINA | LIGHT SENSITIVE INNER LAYER OF EYE |
ENCEPHALITIS | ACUTE INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN |
EPILEPSY | A COMMON CHRONIC NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY RECURRENT UNPROVOKED SEIZURES |
GLAUCOMA | DISEASE IN WHICH THE OPTIC NERVE IS DAMAGED, LEADING TO PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF VISION |
THYROXINE | HORMONE SECRETED BY THE THYROID GLAND. (DERIVATIVE OF AMINO ACID) CONTAINS IODINE. |
DIABETE MELLITUS | (diabetes) characterized by disordered metabolism and abnormally high blood sugar |
hypothyroidism | disease state in humans and vertebrates casused by insufficient production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland (not enough thyroid hormones) |
cretinism | condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones. |
thymosin | hormone secreted by the thymus that stimulates development of T cells |
thymus | specialized organ in the immune system. hormones produced by this organ stimulate the production of certain infection fighting cells |
lukemia | cancer of the bone marrow, blood |
hemophilia | disorder of your blood clotting system. genetic disorder, usually inherited, mechanism of blood clotting |
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