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