Taber Words

Question 1

Azotemia

Answer 1

inordinate amounts of nitrogenous waste (esp. urea) in the blood

Question 2

Uremic Syndrome

Answer 2

intoxication caused by body’s accumulation of metabolite byproducts normally excreted by healthy kidneys

Question 3

Adenoma

Answer 3

Benign tumor made of epithelial cells usually arranged like a gland

Question 4

Serum

Answer 4

Any serous fluid, esp. fluid that moistens serous membranes; the watery portion of the blood after coagulation

Question 5

Humoral

Answer 5

Any fluid or semifluid in the body

Question 6

Aplastic Anemia

Answer 6

Deficient RBC production d/t bone marrow disorders

Question 7

Stem Cell

Answer 7

Any cell that can develop into more specifically differentiated daughter cells

Question 8

Villous Adenoma

Answer 8

Large polyp of the mucosal surface of the large intestine

Question 9

Fistula

Answer 9

An abnormal tubelike passage from a normal cavity or tube to a free surface or to another cavity

Question 10

Infiltration

Answer 10

The deposition and accumulation of an external substance within a cell, tissue or organ

Question 11

Resorption

Answer 11

Removed by absorption

Question 12

Absorption

Answer 12

The taking up of liquids by solids, or of gases by solids or liquids

Question 13

Cholinergic

Answer 13

Liberating acetylcholine; used in nerve endings; an agent that produces the effect of acetylcholine

Question 14

Dyskinesias

Answer 14

A defect in the ability to perform voluntary movement

Question 15

Agonist

Answer 15

Muscle directly engaged in contraction; a drug that binds to the receptor and stimulates the receptor function; drugs that mimic body regulatory functions

Question 16

Antagonist

Answer 16

That which counteracts the action of something else, such as a muscle or drug; opposite of synergist

Question 17

Allopathic

Answer 17

A system of treating disease by inducing a pathological reaction that is antagonistic to the disease being treated. “Regular Medicine”

Question 18

Proprioceptor/Proprioceptive

Answer 18

Receptor that responds to endogenous stimuli (pressure, position, stretch); awareness of posture, movement, changes in equilibrium

Question 19

Dendrites

Answer 19

A branched, cytoplasmic process of a neuron that conducts impulses TO the cell body

Question 20

Enzyme

Answer 20

An organic catalyst produced by living cells but capable of acting outside cells or even in vitro