The thick bone that protects the knee joint; also known as the kneecap.
An herbal product or tea made by boiling a plant in water.
Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels.
The premature death of living cells or tissues.
The use of a machine to remove wastes and impurities from the blood when the kidneys are not working properly.
Clusters of nerve cells deep in the brain that play an important role in movement.
A mineral that protects teeth from decay and cavities.
A description of vaccines containing microbes that have been killed, and, therefore, are unable to cause disease.
A thin, flexible tube equipped with a light and camera that is used to see inside an organ or body cavity.
Substances produced when the body burns fat for energy or when the body doesn’t have enough insulin.
The automatic adjustment of the focus of the eye by flattening or thickening of the lens.
The destruction or infection of tissues by disease-causing organisms, usually accompanied by a fever.
Blood poisoning; a condition in which disease-causing organisms have spread to the bloodstream from an infection elsewhere in the body.
An instrument with a light and mirrors for examining the deep interior of the eye.
Structures on the outside of a cell membrane that permit attachment of specific chemicals.
The sudden and uncontrollable need to urinate or defecate.
Thin, gelatinous ligaments that attach the lens of the eye to the ciliary body and support the lens centrally behind the pupil.
The popular term for muscle and ligament damage resulting from rapid and extreme extension and flexion of the neck.
An enlarged thyroid gland that creates a lump in the neck.
Swelling of the membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord.
A yellow, lipid-laden deposit in the skin or on a tendon.
A noncancerous tumor or growth composed of fat cells.
A rhythmic, quivering movement of muscles that can be caused by diseases such as Parkinson disease, side effects of medication, or old age.
Non-REM sleep, in which thinking and most physiological activities slow, but movement still occurs.
accommodation
basal ganglia
cardiovascular
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endoscope
fluoride
goiter
hemodialysis
inactivated
ketones
lipoma
meningitis
necrosis
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patella
quiet sleep
receptors
sepsis
septicemia
tremor
urgency
venules
whiplash
xanthoma
zonules
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