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A disease of short duration but typically severe

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Acute

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The treatment of disease or mental disorder by The use of chemical substances especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic and other drugs

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Chemotherapy

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Illness persisting for a long time or constantly reoccurring

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Chronic

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The branch of science that deals with the incidence distribution and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health

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Epidemiology

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The science and study of the causes of diseases

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Etiology

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Denoting any disease or condition of unknown cause

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Idiopathic

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The state of being deceased or not healthy or the incidence of disease in a population

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Morbidity

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The functional changes that accompany a particular syndrome or disease

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Pathophysiology

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A condition characterized by a group of associated symptoms

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Syndrome

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The practice of listening to various sounds made by body organs with a stethoscope

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Auscultation

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Separates anterior and posterior portions of the body

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Frontal or coronal plane

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Separates right and left portions of the body

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Sagittal plane

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Separates the body into superior and inferior

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Transverse plane

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A corrective mechanism that opposes or negates a variation from normal limits

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Negative feedback

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The mechanism that increases a deviation from normal limits after an initial stimulus

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Positive feedback

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What cavity contains the lungs and heart

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The thoracic cavity

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What is the mass of tissue that separates the right and left pleural cavities

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Mediastinum

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What are the two subdivisions of the abdominopelvic cavity

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Abdominal and inferior pelvic cavity

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Contains the liver stomach spleen small intestine and most of the large intestine

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Abdominal cavity

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Contains the urinary bladder various reproductive organs and the distal portion of the large intestine

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Pelvic cavity

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Changes in activity that maintain homeostasis and direct response to changes in the local environment this does not require neural or endocrine control

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Autoregulation

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A process that results from the activities of the nervous system are endocrine system

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Extrinsic regulation

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A sensor that is sensitive to a particular stimulus or environmental change

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Receptor

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Receives and processes the information supplied by the receptor and sends out commands

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Control center

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A cell or organ that responds to the commands of the control center and whose activity either apposes or enhances the stimulus

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Effector

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The study of the general form of the body surface especially in relation to its deeper parts

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Surface anatomy or superficial anatomy

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Focuses on the anatomical organization of specific areas of the body such as the head neck or trunk

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Regional anatomy

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The study of the relationship of the body structures by examining cross-sections of the tissue or organ

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Sectional anatomy

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The study of the structure of organ systems

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Systematic anatomy

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Describes the changes informed that take place between conception and adult

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Developmental anatomy

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System that includes the skin hair and nails of the human body

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Integumentary system