Word Wensday

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Biomedical science

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The application of the principles of the natural science, especially biology and physiology, to clinical medicine.

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Blood pressure

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The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood and expressed in millimeters of mercury

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Contagious

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Communicable by contact

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Diagnose pressure

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Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions.

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Epidemic

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An infectious diseases that spreads rapidly and sickens a large number of people

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Heart rate

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A measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beat per minute

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Homeostasis

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The ability of an organism or cell to maintain equilibrium by adjusting its physiological process in order to function properly

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Hyperthermia

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Overheating of the body, possibly due to extreme weather conditions

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

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Hypothermia

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Abnormally low body temperature

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Infection

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The state produce by the establishment of an infective agent in or on a suitable host

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Inoculated

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The introduction of a pathogen or antigen into a living organism to simulate the stimulate the production of antibodies

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Out break

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A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease

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Pathogen

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Any disease producing agent such as a virus, bacteria, or parasites.

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Blind Spot

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the point of entry of the optic nerve on the retina, insensitive to light

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Brain stem

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the central trunk of the mammalian brain, consisting of the medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain, and continuing downward to form the spinal cord.

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Cns

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Definition of central nervous system. : the part of the nervous system which in vertebrates consists of the brain and spinal cord, to which sensory impulses are transmitted and from which motor impulses pass out, and which coordinates the activity of the entire nervous system — compare peripheral nervous system.

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Cerebrum

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a large dorsally projecting part of the brain concerned especially with the coordination of muscles and the maintenance of bodily equilibrium, situated between the brain stem and the back of the cerebrum, and formed in humans of two lateral lobes and a median lobe — see brain illustration.

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Chromosome

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1. A linear strand of DNA and associated proteins in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells that carries the genes and functions in the transmission of hereditary information. 2. A circular strand of DNA in bacteria and archaea that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

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Deoxyribonucleic

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DNA. (dē′ĕn-ā′) A nucleic acid that carries the genetic information in cells and some viruses, consisting of two long chains of nucleotides twisted into a double helix and joined by hydrogen bonds between the complementary bases adenine and thymine or cytosine and guanine.

Question 21

Dominant trait

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(In genetic terms, a dominant trait is one that is phenotypically expressed in heterozygotes). A dominant trait is opposed to a recessive trait which is expressed only when two copies of the gene are present. (In genetic terms, a recessive trait is one that is phenotypically expressed only in homozygotes).

Question 22

Gel electrophoresis

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electrophoresis in which molecules (as proteins and nucleic acids) migrate through a gel and especially a polyacrylamide gel and separate into bands according to size.

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Gene

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A functional unit of heredity that occupies a specific place (locus) on a chromosome, is capable of reproducing itself exactly at each cell division, and directs the formation of an enzyme or other protein.

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Mutation

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1. a permanent transmissible change in the genetic material. 2. an individual exhibiting such a change. point mutation a mutation resulting from a change in a single base pair in the DNA molecule.

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Nervous system

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a system of the body that in vertebrates includes the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sense organs and receives, interprets, and responds to stimuli from inside and outside the body.

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Neuron

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A cell of the nervous system. Neurons typically consist of a cell body, which contains a nucleus and receives incoming nerve impulses, and an axon, which carries impulses away from the cell body. Also called nerve cell.

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NIHL

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noise-induced hearing loss. a gradual loss of hearing caused by exposure to loud noise over an extended period of time, such as in an individual who works in a noisy environment. The hearing loss is sensorineural in nature and greatest in the higher frequencies. ... Compare acoustic trauma.

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Optic nerve

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optic nerve. Either of the second pair of cranial nerves, which carry sensory information relating to vision from the retina of the eye to the brain. Disease or injury of the optic nerve can result in partial or total blindness.

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Pedigree

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A pedigree is a basic tool of clinical genetics that is used to determine that a disease is genetic, track the transmission of the disease, and estimate risks to the patient, other family members, and the unborn from a genetic disease

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Recessive trait

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Recessive trait. An inherited trait that is outwardly obvious only when two copies of the gene for that trait are present—as opposed to a dominant trait where one copy of the gene for the dominant trait is sufficient to display the trait.