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What microscopic vessel enables nutrients and oxygen to pass into the surrounding tissues?
Capillary
What structure joins the two hemispheres of the brain?
Corpus Callosum
What is irritable bowel syndrome also called?
Spastic colon
The anterior root of the spinal cord is composed of what?
Motor fibers
Destruction of old RBCs is a function of what?
Spleen
In what type of biopsy is the entire lesion removed?
Excisional
In medical terminology, a suffix usually indicates what?
Procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech
Where is a plantar wart located?
Sole of the foot
What is the body’s defense against injury, infection, or allergy?
Inflammation
Two main divisions of the skeleton are the axial and what?
Appendicular
At what site does hematopoesis occur?
Bone marrow
Photosynthesis is a function of what cell?
Macrophage
Excessive levels of what causes jaundice?
Bilirubin
A pap smear is used primarily to screen and diagnose what?
Cervical cancer
Waste filtered by the kidney includes what?
Nitrogenous products
What is a gastric ulcer also called?
Peptic ulcer
Structural abnormalities of the esophagus may be diagnosed by endoscopy of what?
Upper GI tract
What is metamucil used to treat?
Constipation
What medications help treat IBS?
Antidiarrheals
Which glands produce sweat?
Sudoriferous
What skin barrier protects from the skin cancer-causing UV radiation?
Melanin
The parietal pleura glides smoothly over the visceral pleura because the plural cavity normally contains a small amount of what?
Lubricating fluids
What layer of the eye contains the rods and cones?
Retina
In what type of fracture does the bone injure another organ, such as a broken rib piercing a lung?
Complicated
Swelling of the nasal sinuses associated with upper respiratory infections commonly causes what?
Anosmia
What tissue type covers the surfaces of organs, lines cavities, and makes up the epidermis?
Epithelial
What is skin also called?
Integument
What is a hard protein found in the epidermis?
Keratin
Plantar warts, or verracae, are caused by what?
Viruses
Congenital and strangulated are associated with what surgical procedure?
Hernioplasty
Typanoplasty helps treat what?
Perforated eardrum
What sexually transmitted infection is called the “silent disease” because its symptoms are commonly absent or mild?
Clamydia
Muscular dystrophy is characterized by gradual what?
Weakening of muscle tissue
An endocrinologist would treat what disease?
Diabetes
What bones form the three main divisions of the pelvis?
Ilium, ischium, pubis
Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of what?
Pancreas
Urine is expelled from the body through what?
Urethra
What sexually transmitted infection produces symptoms more commonly in females than males?
Trichomonas
What structure supports and connects the cells of the nervous system?
Neuroglia
What are radioactive “seeds” associated with?
Brachytherapy
Waste products are transported to kidneys via what?
Renal artery
What protective mechanism blocks chemicals from entering brain tissue?
Blood-brain barrier
What is a radiopharmaceutical also called?
Tracer
Acute gastritis or peptic ulcer may cause what?
Hematemesis
In the process of urine formation, filtration takes place where?
Renal corpuscule
Lazy-eye syndrome is a type of strabismus called what?
Amblyopia
