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Introduction To Health Sciences Vocab
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1. The structure within the eye where the iris meets the cornea - where excess aqueous humour from the front of the eye can drain.
polyatomic ions
drainage angle
reflection
biopsy
2. Distance between one peak of a wave and the next peak - measured in metres (m).
bronchus
wavelength
cirrhosis
visual disability
3. The total number of people who have a disease - disorder or disability at a particular point in time - expressed as a rate per 1000 (or per 10 000 - or per 100 000 or per million) population.
obesity
prevalence rate
lobule
legal blindness
4. Recognisable assemblages of plants and animals - such as woodland - grassland - rivers - etc. - in which a distinct set of plants and animals live together and interact with one another.
low vision
atmospheric pressure
systolic blood pressure
ecosystems
5. The share of the total morbidity in a population Which is due to a particular cause; it is usually expressed as a percentage.
lock-and-key interaction
iris
chronic effects
proportional morbidity
6. The cells that produce new bone.
systolic blood pressure
osteoporosis
fibrin
osteoblasts
7. Pain that lasts for months or years and which typically persists beyond the time of tissue healing.
chemical bond
optometrist
focal length
chronic pain
8. The type of bone that is less dense (compared with compact bone) and contains struts (trabeculae) to provide strength. It is found within the widened areas inside the ends of the bones.
osteoporosis
cancellous
tidal volume
motor neuron
9. A complex specialised molecule embedded in the outer membrane of a cell - or in its internal structure - which has a unique three-dimensional shape and patterns of electrical charge that enable it to bind specifically to a particular signalling molec
receptor
wave
opioid
hypnosis
10. Any physical injury or severe psychological shock.
risk factor
stroma
ecosystems
trauma
11. An eye care professional qualified to perform eye tests and record the findings in a lens prescription.
iris
blind study
insufficiency fracture
optometrist
12. A sensory nerve cell or group of cells that responds to a chemical stimulus.
adaptive characteristic
chemoreceptor
hypnosis
double-blind study
13. The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a body - or a quantity of liquid - by 1 A
closed fracture
psychogenic stimuli
mortality data
heat capacity
14. Any unintended and undesirable consequences of medical treatment; also known in medicine as an adverse effect or reaction.
skeletal muscle
capillaries
side-effects
opiates
15. A cancer that has the ability to spread or metastasise into healthy tissue. (also known as 'malignant' cancer)
stem cells
invasive cancer
epinephrine
ionisation
16. The distance between the principle focal point and the centre of a lens.
photon
focal length
scatter plot
mind
17. The number of deaths in a population - either from all causes combined or from a specific cause - expressed as a rate per 1000 (or per 10 000 - or per 100 000 or per million) people in the population.
mortality rate
invasive cancer
malignant cancer
ionising radiation
18. A segment of this contains the coded information required for a cell to make a particular protein. Humans probably have about 25 000. Different forms or variants of these - called alleles - determine how these characteristics are expressed in a given
pulmonary hypertension
lens
conditional stimulus
gene
19. A condition in which the immune system fails to respond normally to an infection; it can be caused by a genetic defect and by HIV/AIDS - as well as by malnutrition.
forced expiratory volume in one second
capillaries
risk factor
immunodeficiency
20. A therapeutic technique where low-level stimulation is given to the skin and which has the effect of reducing pain (abbreviated to TENS).
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
chemical bond
deterministic
organ
21. Most common type of age-related macular degeneration - in which the blood supply to the retina is reduced - resulting in gradual loss of vision.
hominids
stunting
fulcrum
dry AMD
22. Often abbreviated to 'risk factors'; anything that is statistically associated with an increased chance of developing a particular disease - disorder or disability in a population; when the incidence of the disease is examined in different population
diarrhoeal diseases
single-strand break
disease risk factors
child mortality rate
23. The part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
myopia
deterministic
tendons
central nervous system
24. Screening that takes place haphazardly when an opportunity arises - for example - when a patient consults a doctor about something unrelated and is referred for a screening test.
wave-particle duality
cancer cell
psychological trauma
opportunistic screening
25. That part of the nervous system which exerts an influence over a number of the internal organs of the body - such as the gut - heart and blood vessels. Functions without conscious intervention.
osteoblasts
particulates
autonomic nervous system
colour deficiency
26. The total number of people who have the condition (disease - disorder or disability) at a particular point in time - regardless of how long they have been affected.
prevalence
bond dissociation energy
scatter plot
vital capacity
27. A response to a stimulus or substance (such as alcohol) which occurs rapidly and produces severe - possibly life-threatening - symptoms.
conditional stimulus
acute effects
water-borne infectious diseases
focal length
28. A synapse at which the release of neurotransmitter from a presynaptic neuron has an inhibitory effect on a postsynaptic cell - i.e. it inhibits the appearance of action potentials in the second cell.
chemoreceptor
inhibitory synapse
presynaptic neuron
phagocyte
29. Characteristic signs that follow the termination of taking a drug - most usually associated with a negative mood. There can also be characteristic physiological signs associated with particular drugs - e.g. sweating and shivering.
potential difference
withdrawal symptoms
incidence
respiration
30. The distance between atoms in a molecule.
stroma
scar
bond length
proportional morbidity
31. A subdivision of a rounded mass of tissue. For example - in the breast - this is used to describe an individual branched subsection of the mammary gland.
hypothesis
optician
acidosis
lobule
32. A measure of how well a person sees - determined by the minimum distance at which two lines (or points) can be distinguished at a test distance.
visual acuity
diastolic blood pressure
low vision
non-communicable diseases
33. An irreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis - in which airway obstruction causes breathing difficulties - including shortness of breath.
chemical compound
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
regenerative medicine
threshold of excitation
34. A cancerous tumour arising in epithelial tissue that has the ability to metastasise (spread) to other parts of the body.
prefrontal cortex
carcinoma
disability adjusted life year
cell
35. A screening programme (sometimes called 'individual screening' or 'targeted screening') that identifies individuals who are likely to be at substantially greater risk of developing a certain condition than others in their population group. These indi
acute inflammation
morbidity rate
duct
high-risk screening
36. A medically qualified person who has chosen to specialise in clinical radiology - the use of imaging to diagnose - treat and monitor various disease processes.
ecotoxicology
radiologist
legal blindness
complementary colours
37. The study of toxins and their effects on living organisms.
amygdale
specificity
centilitre
toxicology
38. A bond between two atoms formed when an outer electron from each of the atoms is shared between them to form an electron pair bond.
covalent bond
pain matrix
excitatory synapse
alcohol myopia
39. A form of conditioning in which a stimulus with no intrinsic capacity to trigger a particular response acquires such a capacity by being paired with a stimulus that does trigger the response; e.g. a bell can come to trigger salivation in a dog if it
point-of-use' strategy
classical conditioning
iris
partial pressure
40. An event that follows a particular behaviour and which strengthens the tendency to repeat that behaviour. For example - if relaxation follows drinking alcohol it would be said to reinforce the tendency to drink alcohol.
receptor
visual acuity
acidosis
reward
41. A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical reactions. It consists only of the atoms characteristic - e.g. hydrogen (H) - oxygen (O) - nitrogen (N) - sodium (Na) - chlorine (Cl) - mercury (Hg). There are 92 naturally oc
media
element
compact bone
infant mortality rate
42. An eye-surgery technique where the epithelial layer of the eye is removed and laser treatment applied to the tissues exposed beneath (abbreviated to PRK).
photorefractive keratectomy
epidemiology
forced vital capacity
respiratory system
43. That part of the nervous system that is not within the central nervous system. It is made up of nerves throughout the body.
peripheral nervous system
oxyhaemoglobin
bipedality
arterial blood gas test
44. A thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytosol and organelles of a cell.
pandemic
negative predictive value
hepatitis
cell membrane
45. A two-dimensional map or projection of an object.
psychobiological approach
positive predictive value
attenuation coefficient
image
46. A group of enzymes that degrade proteins by splitting the protein chain into smaller molecules; also called a 'protease'.
proteinase
somatic nervous system
lock-and-key interaction
colour deficiency
47. A device that produces light of a single wavelength Which is transmitted in a narrow and powerful beam.
lymph node
acute effects
psychobiological approach
laser
48. That part of the nervous system that exerts control over the skeletal muscles and thereby over behaviour.
aqueous humour
side-effects
single-strand break
somatic nervous system
49. The neuron that has receptors for the neurotransmitter released by a presynaptic neuron at the junction (synapse) between these adjacent cells.
mammography
nearwork activity
residual volume
postsynaptic neuron
50. A tissue that covers a surface or lines a space inside the body - forming a barrier or interface across which substances are absorbed or secreted - e.g. the skin - gut lining - and various glands.
deoxyribonucleic acid
epithelial tissue
scar
ionic compound