Terms (section #4 & 5) Flashcards
Specific immunity
Attacks specific threats
Nonspecific immunity
Attacks anything that it does not recognize
Lymphosytes
Designed to kill foreign organisms
Auto immune disorders
When the immune system attacks healthy cells and tissues inside the body
Anxiety
A chronic mental illness characterized by excessive worry, uneasiness, or fear
Cognition
Knowing, memory, problem solving
Cirrhosis
Chronic damage to the liver
Hypoglycemia
Low blood sugar
Hyperglycemia
High blood sugar
Dysphagia diet
Modified food to make it easier for it to go through the stomach
Input
How much food and drink was entered into the body
Output
Recording how much a patient produces vomit and urine
Unstageable
Full thickness, tissue loss
Chronic illness
Ongoing illness
Lymphatic system
Helps rid the body of harmful toxins and waste