Pages 115-118 Flashcards

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Periosteum

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Pertaining to surrounding the bone

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Pericardium

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Sac surrounding the heart

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Polymorphonuclear

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Many shapes of nucleus

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Polyneuritis

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Inflammation of many nerves

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Postmortem

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After death

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Postpartum

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After birth or labor

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Precancerous

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Before or in front of cancer

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Prenatal

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Before or in front of birth

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Prodrome

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Before, forward to run

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Prolapse

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Before sliding falling or sagging

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Prosthesis

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And artificial limb

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Relapse

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Signs, symptoms, disease returning or coming back again after an apparent recovery

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Remission

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Signs and symptoms lesson

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Recombinant DNA

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The process of taking a gene from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism

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Retroperitoneal

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Pertaining to behind the peritoneum

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Retroflexion

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Organ bent or tilted backwards

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Subcutaneous

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Under the skin

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Suprapubic

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Above the pubis/pubic bone

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Syndactyly

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Fingers and toes together

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Synthesis

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Building up together

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Syndrome

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To run together

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Symbiosis

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Two organisms live together in close association

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Symmetry

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The quality of parts on opposite sides of the body

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Symphysis

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Joint where bony surfaces are firmly united by fibrocartilage

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Tachypnea

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Fast breathing

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Transfusion

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Transfer of blood from one person to another

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Transurethral

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Pertaining to you across the urethra

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Ultrasonography

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Recording of sound waves

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Unilateral

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One side

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Antigen

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Usually a foreign body substance stimulates the production of antibodies

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Antibodies

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Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens

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Immune response

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The reaction between an antigen and an antibody

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Vaccine

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Dead or weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies