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| Endocrine glands located above each kidney. They secrete chemicals that affect the body's function. |
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| Rh+ people have a protein coating (the antigen)on their RBCs. Rh- people do not. An Rh- woman carrying an Rh+ child can have her bodies RBC's attack the child's RBC's. |
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| A yellow skin pigmentation that is a direct result of excessive destruction of RBCs. |
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| An irregularity in a structure or organ present at the time of birth. Not all congenital anomalies are hereditary. |
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| The process of taking a gene (a region of DNA) from one organism and inserting it (recombining it) into the DNA of another organism. |
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| Method of producing multiple copies of a single gene, which is an important tool in recombinant DNA technology. |
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| Characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver. |
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| Affects infants whose mothers consumed excessive amounts of alcohol during pregnancy. This is characterized by prenatal and postnatal growth deficiency, craniofacial anomalies such as microcephaly, and limb and heart defects. |
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| An inherited connective tissue disorder marked by tall, thin body type with long, "spidery" fingers and toes, elongated head, and heart, blood vessel, and ophthalmic abnormalities. |
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| A joint in which the bony surfaces are firmly united by a layer of fibrocartilage. |
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