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| chronic, irreversible injury to the liver tissue; commonly caused by frequent alcohol consumption |
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| a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus. The main gastrointestinal symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody) or constipation, vomiting and weight loss. |
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| inability to digest lactose because of an enzyme deficiency |
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| wavelike contractions that propel substances along a tubular structure, such as the esophagus |
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| secretion of the liver that is temporarily stored in the gallbladder before being released into the small intestine, where it emulsifies fat |
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| enzyme that breaks disaccharides down into monosaccharides which are easier to digest |
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| structures that increase the surface area of cells by approximately 600 fold, thus facilitating absorption and secretion. |
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| glandular simple columnar epithelial cells whose sole function is to secrete mucus. |
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| modified neuron that is a sensory receptor for the sense of smell |
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| "good cholesterol" - class of lipoproteins, varying somewhat in their size, that carry fatty acids and cholesterol from the body's tissues to the liver. |
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| blood clot that remains in the blood vessel where it formed |
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| carries blood to the heart |
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| an artery that supplies the head and neck with oxygenated blood |
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| contraction period of the heart during the cardiac cycle |
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| Wave that happens prior to atrial contractions |
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| oxygen and nutrients are released and antibodies can enter tissue (area between arteries and veins) |
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| small region of neuromuscular tissue that initiates the heartbeat; also called the pacemaker |
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| inner most layer (of heart, vein, artery) made up of epithelial cells; usually in contact with your blood |
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| smaller air passages in the lungs that begin at the bronchi and terminate in alveoli |
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| part of the brain stem that is continuous with the spinal cord; controls heartbeat, blood pressure, breathing, and other vital functions |
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| several groups of muscles that run between the ribs, and help form and move the chest wall |
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| component of blood that is necessary to blood clotting; also called a thrombocyte |
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| substance, produced by basophils in blood and mast cells in connective tissue that causes capillaries to dilate |
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| ion that participates in buffering the blood; the form in which carbon dioxide is transported in the bloodstream |
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| inefficiency in the oxygen-carrying ability of blood due to a shortage of hemoglobin |
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| liquid portion of blood; contains nutrients, wastes, salts, and proteins |
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| the most important blood type system (or blood group system) in human blood transfusion. |
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| protection against infection acquired by transfer of antibodies to a susceptible individual |
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| series of proteins in plasma that form a nonspecific defense mechanism against a microbe invasion |
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| the soft tissue found in the hollow interior of bones and produces blood cells in big bones |
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| mass of lymphatic tissue located along the course of a lymphatic vessel |
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| protein produced in response to the presence of an antigen; each antibody combines with a specific antigen |
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| tissue response to injury that is characterized by redness, swelling, pain, and head |
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| virus responsible for AIDS |
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| destruction of lung tissue, kills millions every year |
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| condition in which bronchioles constrict and cause difficulty in breathing |
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| infection if the lungs that causes alveoli to fill with mucus and pus |
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| malignant growth that often begins in the bronchi and is associated with smoking and radon gas |
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| infection of portion of the digestive tract between the mouth and esophagus that serves as a passageway for food and also for air on its way to the trachea |
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| a toxin which has been modified so that it is no longer toxic, but which retains its antigenic functions |
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| inflammation of the liver |
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| small, abnormal growth that arises from the epithelial lining |
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| muscle that surrounds a tube and closes or opens the tube by contracting and relaxing |
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| temporarily stores bile until it is secreted into the small intestine |
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| digests starch; digests proteins; digests lipids |
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| lymphatic vessel in an intestinal villus; it aids in the absorption of lipids |
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| stomach epithelium cells which secrete gastric acid |
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| localized, blood-filled dilation (bulge) of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall. |
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| hardening (and loss of elasticity) of medium or large arteries |
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| the veins that return de-oxygenated blood from the body into the heart. They both empty into the right atrium. |
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| a condition in which there is uncoordinated contraction of the cardiac muscle of the ventricles in the heart |
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