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What is 500-600
The number of lymph nodes that are in the human body
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What is through the blood/body fluids - ie unprotected sex/shared needles
The manner in which HIV is transmitted from person to person
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What is hormones
These are secreted into the blood stream by the endocrine system.
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What are developmental disabilities
Conditions, illnesses, or accidents that injure the brain are causes of these
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What is sensory and motor nerves in the body
What the peripheral nervous system controls
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What is the bone marrow
It produces white blood cells/leukocytes
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What is metastisis
When cells from a cancerous tumour break off and travel to other sites in the body
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What is hyperthyroidism
Its signs and symptoms are sweating, weight loss, increased bowel movements and it is caused by an overactive thyroid
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What is the CNS
The developmental disabilities are associated with disease in this body system.
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What is the nerves that make up the peripheral nervous system
12 pairs of cranial nerves, 31 pairs of spinal nerves
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What is an overactive immune system
It can lead to autoimmune disorders as the body attacks itself
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What is surgery, radiation, chemotherapy
3 main treatments for cancer
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What is type 1 and type 2
These are the 2 types of diabetes
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What is self-care, understanding of language, learning, mobility, self-direction, independent living, finance
4 life skills that may be impeded by developmental disabilities
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What is carrying impulese to the skin, extremities and internal body structures
The function of spinal nerves
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What is anaphylaxis
A life threatening sensitivity to a substance
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What is contact precautions (gloves)
The type of precautions appropriate when caring for a person with AIDS
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What are treatments for diabetes
Insulin, oral medications, dietary changes and regular exercise
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What is before birth, at birth, during adolescence.
The stages of life in which a developmental disability occurs.
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What is the central nervous system
It directs, controls and coordinates body function
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What is Leukemia
A type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow
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What is a tumour
A cluster of abnormally growing cancerous cells
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What are: hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, adrenals, gonads (ovaries, testes)
The 5 main endocrine glands in the body.
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What is Dementia
A cognitive disease that those with epilepsy are more at risk for
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What is the brain stem
This part of the brain controls the automatic functions of heart rate, breathing, coughing, sneezing, blood pressure and vomiting
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