arteries - answer-blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
erythrocytes - answer-red blood cells
hemoglobin - answer-iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen for delivery to cells
leukocytes - answer-White blood cells
95% - answer-how much of plasma is wa...
osteoporosis - answer-a condition in which the body's bones become weak and break
easily
thrombus - answer-clot; gets stuck
AIDS - answer-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
aerobic - answer-requires oxygen
anaerobic - answer-without oxygen
antisepsis - answer-prevents infection
asepsis - answer-absence of disease-producing organisms
endogenous - answer-originates inside the body
exogenous - answer-originates outside the body
fomites - answer-objects contaminated with infections
nosocomial - answer-get it from hospitals or other health care facilities
opportunistic - answer-infections that occur when body's defenses are weak;
AIDS or SKIDS
pathogens - answer-germs
malleus, incus, stapes - answer-3 parts of middle ear
signs of inflammation - answer-swollen, pain, itchyness, redness
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