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Final Semester 2
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Health Care
9th Grade
06/12/2011

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Communicable disease
Definition
A disease that is spread from one living thing to another or though the environment
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Genetic Disorder
Definition
A disorder caused partly or completely by a defect in genes
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Birthing center
Definition
A facility in which females with low risk pregnancies can deliver their babies in a homelike setting
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Antibody
Definition
A protein that acts against a specific antigen
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Inflammatory response
Definition
A reaction to tissue damage cause by injury or infection
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Umbilical cord
Definition
A ropelike structure that connects the embryo and the mothers placenta
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Jaundice
Definition
A yellowing of the skin or eyes
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Scoliosis
Definition
An abnormal lateral or curve of the spine
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AIDS
Definition
Disease in immune system is weakened
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Epidemics
Definition
Disease in which many people affected
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STD or STI
Definition
Disease through sex contact
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Pancreas
Definition
Gland that serves two systems- the digestive and endocrine system
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Fetal alcohol syndrome
Definition
Group of alcohol related birth defects
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Opportunistic infections
Definition
Infection that occurs in individual who doesn’t have healthy immune system
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Sperm
Definition
Male reproductive cells
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Testosterone
Definition
Male sex hormone
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Vagina
Definition
Muscular, elastic passageway that extends from uterus to outside of the body
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Abstinence
Definition
No sex, tobacco, alcohol, or drugs
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Vector
Definition
Organism such as a tick that carries and transmits pathogens to humans or other animals
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Thyroid gland
Definition
Produces hormones that regulate metabolism, body heat, and bone growth
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Immunity
Definition
Protected against a particular disease
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Genital Herpes
Definition
STD caused by herpes
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Syphilis
Definition
STD that attacks parts of body caused by spirochete
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Menstruation
Definition
Shedding of the uterine lining
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EIA
Definition
Test that screens HIV antibodies
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Gonads
Definition
The Ovaries and testes
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Labor
Definition
The final stage of pregnancy in which the uterus contracts and pushes the baby out of the mothers body
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Prenatal care
Definition
The steps that a pregnant female can take to provide for her own health and health for her baby
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Reproductive system
Definition
The system of organs involved in producing offspring
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Chromosomes
Definition
Threadlike structures found within the nucleus of a cell that carry codes for inherited traits
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Endocrine glands
Definition
Tubeless, organs or group of cells that secrete hormones directly into bloodstream
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Fallopian Tubes
Definition
Tubes with fingerlike projections that draw in the ovum
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Lymphocyte
Definition
White blood cells that provide body immunity
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Amniocentesis
Definition
a procedure in which a syringe is inserted through a pregnant females wall into the amniotic fluid surrounding the developing fetus
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Pathogen
Definition
an organism that causes disease
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Chlamydia
Definition
bacterial infection affect reproductive organs
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Asymptomatic stage
Definition
infected with HIV no symptoms
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Pneumonia
Definition
infection of the lung
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Antigen
Definition
substance that is capable of triggering an immune response
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Implantation
Definition
the attachment of the zygote to the uterine wall
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