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Ch 2 The Human Body in health and Disease MedTerm Homework

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A physician who specializes in the general medical care of hospitalized patients is known as a/an _____.
hospitalist
A _____ specializes in the study of microscopic structure of tissues.
histologist
Diseases such as the flu are spread through contact with contaminated respiratory droplets in _____ transmission.
droplet
The area of the abdomen around the belly button is known as the _____ region.
umbilical
The medical term for abnormal hardening of a gland is _____.
adenosclerosis
The term _____ describes the congenital absence of a normal body opening.
atresia
The _____ is the outer layer of the peritoneum that lines the interior of the abdominal wall.
parietal peritoneum
The _____ position describes a body standing in the standard position.
anatomic
These types of cells are found among differentiated cells in a tissue or organ.
adult stem cells
This condition is a genetic disorder that causes nerve degeneration with symptoms that most often appear in midlife.
​Huntington's disease
This type of condition is also known as a birth defect.
developmental disorder
Tissues that form glands and a protective covering for all body surfaces are called _____ tissues.
epithelial
When a _____ is inherited from either parent, the offspring will inherit the genetic characteristic.
​dominant gene
​A specialist in the study of outbreaks of disease within a population group is known as a/an _____.
epidemiologist
​A _____ is the basic structural and functional unit of the body.
cell​
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