Ch. 15 Vocab: Non-Infectious Diseases & Disorders
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Organ | two or more tissues working together |
| Body system | group of organs that work together |
| Noninfectious disease | a disease that is not caused by a virus or a living organism |
| Heart attack | when part of the heart doesn't receive enough blood and the heart does not pump well (part of the muscle dies) |
| Congenital disease | any disease, abnormality or defect that is present at birth but not inherited |
| Hypertension | condition in which the pressure inside your large arteries is too high |
| Leukemia | cancer of the blood |
| Asthma | causes small bronchioles in the lung to narrow |
| Emphysema | a respiratory disease that causes the alveoli to become thin and stretched |
| Alzheimer's disease | disease of the brain that affcts thinking, memory and behavior |
| Central nervous system | part of the nervous system (made of brain and spinal cord) |
| Peripheral nervous system | made of all the nerves except the brain/spinal cord |
| Endocrine gland | a group of cells or an organ that makes hormones |
| Hormones | the chemicals released directly into your blood by the endocrine system to regulate the body functions |
| Type 1 diabetes | when the body produces little or no insulin |
| Type 2 diabetes | when the body makes insulin but can't use it properly |
| Celiac disease | a disease that makes the body allergic to a protein called gluten |
| Kidneys | organs that remove wastes and water from your blood |
| Osteoporosis | a bone disease that causes loss of bone density |
| MD | a group of several inherited muscle diseases that causes muscles gradually to become weak or disabled |
| Cataract | a clouding of the natural lens of the eye |
| Glaucoma | a disease that causes high pressure in the fluid inside the eye |
| Deafness | the partial or total loss of the ability to hear |
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