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| clinical term for a headache |
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| series of involuntary muscular spasms caused by an uncoordinated excitation of motor neurons that triggers muscle contractions |
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| excessive sensitivity to painful stimuli |
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excessive sensitivity to a stimulus
touch, sound or pain |
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| abnormal sensation of numbness and tingling cause by injury to nerves |
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loss of ability to interpret sensory info
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| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
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| atrophy of muscle by hardening nervous tissue |
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| neural deterioration resulting in confusion, short-term memory loss & restlessness |
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muscular paralysis
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| symptom: loss of muscle coordination |
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| circulatory problem caused by weakened wall of blood vessel |
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| One major cause of stroke? |
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| bursted cerebral aneurysm |
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| vessels eventually close due to fatty plaque in them |
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| moving blood clot in artery of the brain |
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occurs when blood supply is reduced or cut off
cell death |
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| lodged stationary blood clot |
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inflammation of brain
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| softening of brain tissue |
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| Cortizones, androgens, estrogen, and progesteron are produced in |
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| disease is a chronic form of hyperthyroidism that is believed to be an autoimmune disease |
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| The __________ glands do use ducts to secrete their hormones in the body |
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| The _________ glands do not use ducts. |
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| The production of insulin is performed by |
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| beta cells in the islet of langerhorn |
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| The main anatomical organs of the endocrine systems are: |
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| hormone replacement therapy |
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| The metabolism of calcium and phosphorus is regulated by |
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| A ________ is an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid, forming a lump in the neck. |
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| enlargement of adrenal glands |
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| The condition of nephrolithiasis is a result of |
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| is a diagnostic test used to confirm a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and other abnormalities in glucose metabolism. |
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chronic disease of inner ear
symptoms: vertigo (dizzy) & tinnitus |
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| impaired vision due to a defective curvature of the eye |
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| disease or condition of the eye |
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| Otosclerosis is hardening in the ear of the: |
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| eye muscles are paralyzed |
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| decreased level on consciousness |
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| stone particles in tear-forming gland |
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| abnormal drainage of pus from the ear |
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| evaluates the elasticity of the eardrum |
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| physicians makes incision into cornea to correct for myopia |
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no donor cataract lens
intraocular lens |
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| The thin membrane of the eye that contains the photoreceptors is called the: |
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| numbing the inner layer of the spinal cord |
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| results from hypersecretion of the thyroid gland and is characterized by goiter, rapid heart rate, and weight loss. |
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| An abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland caused by a tumor, lack of iodine in the diet, or infection |
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| A new patient comes to your clinic, and you are taking his medical history. He reports, "I take insulin shots for that disease that gives you high blood sugars." The correct medical term for this disease is: |
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| The use of radioactive iodine to treat a disease of the thyroid gland, such as a thyroid tumor, is |
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| Glans is the Latin word for a gland, the combining form which means gland and derives from Greek |
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| The gland which activates all other glands in the body and is called "the master gland" |
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| Congenital hypothyroidism |
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| abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland forming a lump in the neck |
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| metabolism of calcium and phosphorus is regulated by |
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| The combining form in the term estrogen derives from Greek and means |
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| The medical term for thickening, swelling, and hardening of the mucous membranes is |
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thyroid enlargement
what disease? |
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| Three parts of diencephalon? |
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pineal gland
hypothalamus
thalamus |
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midbrain
medulla oblongata
pons |
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| Greek and it means "bone marrow." |
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| from Latin and means "thorn" |
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| Greek meaning "falling together." |
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