A | B |
Choriod | The middle layer of the eyeball wall. |
Chlorogluorocarbons | Compounds of chlorine, fluorine and carbon |
Emetic | An agent that induces vomiting. |
Fibrillation | The rapid, ineffective beating of the heart in one or two chambers called ventricles. |
Gametes | Reproductive cells produced by the gonads. |
Metastasis | Spread of cancer from the point where it originated to other parts of the body. |
Nephrons | The functional units of the kidneys |
Ossicles | Three tiny, linked, movable bones behind the eardrum. |
Pleurisy | An inflammation of the membrane lining of the lung and chest cavity. |
Pharynx | Throat |
Platelets | The cells that prevent the body’s loss of blood. |
Pulp | The living tissue inside the tooth. |
Catheter | A tubular medical device for insertion into canals, vessels, passageways or body cavities usually to permit injection or withdrawal of fluids or to keep a passage open. |
Glucose | An optically active sugar that has an aldehydric carbonyl group. |
Stroke | A sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation and voluntary motion caused by a rupture or obstruction (as by a clot) of an artery of the brain |
Plasma | The fluid part of blood, lymph or milk as distinguished from suspended material. |
Cholesterol | A steroid alcohol that is present in animal cells and body guilds, regulates membrane fluidity and functions as a precursor molecule in various metabolic pathways. |
Quarantine | A state of enforced isolation |
Epidemiologist | A branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution and control of disease in a population. |
Isometric Exercise | Activity that uses muscle tension to improve muscular strength with little or no movement of the body part. |
Isokinetic Exercise | Activity that involves resistance through an entire range of motion. |
Isotonic Exercise | Activity that combines muscle contraction with repeated motions. |