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Which immunoglobin is involved with allergic reactions
IgE
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Which immunoglobin is most common in bodily secretions or mucosal surfaces and prevent bacteria from attaching to mucosa (ex. tears, saliva etc.)
IgA
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Which immunoglobin is most abundant in the blood
IgG
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Which immunoglobin is know as the first responders or "Marines"
IgM
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Which immunoglobin is in colostrum, saliva and amniotic fluid
IgD
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The difference between systolic and diastolic pressure is called the ________
Pulse pressue
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Violent cell death (injured cells) is referred to as
Necrosis
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The maximum amount of air a person can exhale after the deepest inhalation possible
Vital Capacity
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The air that remains in the lungs that remains as dead air space
Residual volume
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The amount of air that moves in and out with relaxed breathing
Tidal volume
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Edema of the vocal chords is called
Laryngitis or Dysphonia
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The term for potassium deficiency
Hypokalemia
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Humoral immunity involves what type of cells to produce antibodies
B cells or B lymphocytes
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______ is what initiates the immune response
Antogenic site
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Cell mediated immunity involves what type of cells and deals with fungal infections, cancer and viruses
T cells or T lymphocytes
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Programed cell death is referred to as
Apotosis
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The process of coating the antigen with antibodies to enhance phagocytosis
Opsonization
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Antibodies have the ability to cause the antigens/bacteria to clump together
Aggultination
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Medical term for sore throat
Pharyngitis
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The term for the growth of new blood vessels
Angogensis
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Immunoglobins are also called
antibodies
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Inactive B or T lymphocytes are referred to as
Naive
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A large cell in which antibodies are cloned to resist a specific antigen
Plasma
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A measured amount of a specific antibody in the plasma
Titer
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In the lungs one bronchi and all the aveoli it delivers oxygen to is called
lobule
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Substance that lines the lung tissue to keep the lungs from collapsing
Surfactant
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Name of the tissue that lines the outside of the lung cavity
Pleura
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Name of the lympatic tissues in the small intestine that absorb lipoproteins
Lacteals
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All substances that provoke a specific immune response from the body are
Antigens
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The bodies ability to keep free from disease
Immunity
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An over whelming amount of foreign agents and failure of the immune system to act properly
Disease
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Foreign molecules too small to cause an immune response are called
Haptens
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A specific region on a bacteria where antibodies react
Epitope
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Term for any of the throat areas
Pharynx
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Name of the valve between the small intestine and the large intestine
Iliocecal valve
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The last 8 inches of the intestinal tube is called the
Rectum
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Circular folds in the small intestine that contain villi
Plicae
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The folds of the stomach are called
Rugae
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A condition of abnormal sac-like pouching in the large intestines that are inflamed
Diverticulitis
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Inflammation of the stomach just short of an ulcer
Gastritis or Enteritis
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autoimmune problem with colon, generally end up cutting out sections of the colon
Chrome's Disease
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Gall stone formation
Cholelithiasis
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Any inflammatory condition of the large intestine or colon
Colitis
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Inflammation of the gallbladder is called
Cholecystitis
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Name of the mixture of food and gastric juices that gets ejected into the small intestine about every 20 seconds after a meal
Chyme
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Name of the sphincter between the lower esophagus and the stomach
Cardiac
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Middle section of the small intestine
Jejunum
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Longest segment of the small intestine at about 12 feet long
Ileum
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Phagocytic cells located in the liver are called
Kupffer cells
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Cells in the stomach that produce HCL and intrinsic factor
Parietal
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Name of the hole in the diaphragm that the esophagus passes through is the
esophegeal hiatus
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Name of the sphincter between the stomach and the small intestine
Pyloric
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Appendix is located in which part of the intestine
Cecum
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There are chemoreceptors in the aortic arch and in other large arteries above the heart that detect too much CO2
True
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A damaged liver or kidney can be a cause for edema
True
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Turbulent flow at the heart valves creates the heart sounds
True
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A blood test indicating low TSH can indicate a high risk of cardiovascular disease
True
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Lymph is pumped into the venous system during expiration
False, during inspiration
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An example of artifically acquired active immunity would be a shot of gammaglobin
False, Artifical passive
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On expiration the diaphragm will flatten
False, inspiration
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There is an area in the medulla oblongada of the brain that signals when to exhale
False, inhale or inspiration
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Medulla oblongada stimulates inspiration which is stimulated by too much
CO2 and hydrogen ions
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Aquired from being exposed to the disease process
Natural Active
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Aquired from exposure to the bug via vaccine
Artificial Active
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Aquired from exposure to antibodies in a natural way via mother nursing or passed to fetus
Natural Passive
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Aquired from exposure to antibodies via orally or through a vaccine (ex. gammaglobulin shot)
Artificial Passive
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Functional unit of the kidney
Nepheron
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Glucose in the urine
Glycosuria
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Painful urination
Disuria
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Unusually amounts of urine
Polyuria
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Scant/little amount (ex. dehydration)
Olguria
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Absence of urine (ex. swollen prostate)
Anuria
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Too much protein (albumin)
Proteinuria
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Incontinence or losing control of voiding
Neurogenic bladder
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