Glands Flashcards

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What is a gland?

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A gland is a group of specialized epithelial cells that are capable of producing secretions

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What is a secretion?

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The substance produced by a gland

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What are the two major types of glands?

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Exocrine and endocrine glands

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What is an exocrine gland?

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Exocrine gland secretes chemical substances into ducts that lead to other organs or out of the body, such as sweat glands (exo- means out of, and -crine means to secrete).

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What is an endocrine gland?

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Endocrine glands produce hormones, and do not have ducts (endo- means within, and -crine means to secrete).
These hormones are secreted directly into the bloodstream and are then transported to organs and structures throughout the body.

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The word root aden means

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A gland

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Adenoids refers to

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A mass of gland-like lymphoid tissue at the back of the upper pharynx.

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What is adenitis?

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Inflammation of a gland (Aden means gland, -itis means inflammation).

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What is an adenocarcinoma?

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An adenocarcinoma is a malignant tumor that originates in glandular tissue. (Aden/o means gains, carcin mean cancerous, and -oma means tumor).

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What does malignant mean?

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Harmful, capable of spreading, and potentially life threatening

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What is adenoma?

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A benign tumor that arises in or resembles glandular tissue (aden means gland, and -oma means tumor).

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What does benign mean?

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Not life threatening

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What is adenomalacia?

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The abnormal softening of a gland (Aden/o means gland, and -malacia means abnormal softening). Adenomalacia is the opposite of Adenosclerosis

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What is adenosis?

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Any disease or condition of a gland (Aden means gland, and -osis means abnormal condition or disease).

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What is adenosclerosis?

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The abnormal hardening of a gland (Aden/o means gland and -sclerosis means abnormal hardening). Adenosclerosis is the opposite of adenomalacia

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What is adenectomy?

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The surgical removal of a gland (Aden means gland, and -ectomy means surgical removal)

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What is pathology?

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Pathology is the study of disease: its nature and cause as well as the produced changes in structure and function.
Pathology also means a condition produced by disease

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What is a pathologist?

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A physician who specializes in the laboratory analysis of diseased tissue samples to confirm or establish a diagnosis

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What is etiology?

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Etiology is the study of the causes of diseases (eti- means cause, and -ology means study of).