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What is congenital disease?
Disease present at birth
What is signs
measurable objective changes in a person
what are Symptoms
subjective changes felt by a client
What are syndromes
a group of signs and symptoms that identify a condition
What is comunicable disease
disease that can be spread
What is remission
reversal signs of symptoms
What is pharmacology
the study of drugs to treat disease
What is epidemiology
study of frequency transmission and occurance of disease
What is etiology
Study of all factors involved in causing a disease
what is pathogenesis
the study of development of disease
what is idiopathic
the unsure origin of a disease
what is the cause of disease
various injurious agents on cell and tissues causing biochemical or structual damage
What is acute
temporary sudden localized pain
what is subacute
between acute and chronic
What is chronic
pain for 6+ weeks
What is parenchymal cells
cell that are the same as the original ones
What are stromal cells
Cells that are different than the original ones
What is the essencial functional unit of the nervous system
a neuron
what support and protects specialized tissue
neuroglia
what 3 parts does the CNS consist of
Brain, Spinal Cord, & Covering
What is the autonomic nervous system responsible for
regulating cardiovascular ,respritory, endocrine, and other automatic body funtions
what the the 2 divisions of the autonomic nervous system
sympathetic & parasympathetic
What is afferent
Carries sensary messages to the brain
What is efferent
Carries impuses away from the brain
Where do the somatic nervous system messages travel to
CNS
Where do the Autonomic nervous system message travel to
glands, heart, and smooth muscles
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tonna
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133144
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Anatomy Test 2
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Anatomy Test 2
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2/6/2012, 3:25:37 AM
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