Match Each Medical Term with the Correct Definition

question 37

Multiple Choice

Match each medical term with the correct definition.
-lymphadenopathy

• A)study of serum
• B)surgical removal of the thymus
• C)pain in the vessel
• D)process of recording a vessel
• E)study of the immune system
• F)pertaining to lymph cells
• G)poisonous condition of the blood
• H)creation of bone marrow
• I)specialist in the study of disease
• J)record of lymph vessels
• K)destroying, killing bacteria
• L)enlargement of the spleen
• M)surgical removal of the tonsils
• N)disease of the lymph glands
• O)suture of a vessel

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Definitions:

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA. They act as instructions to make molecules called proteins, influencing individual traits that are inherited from parents.

Hypothalamus

A region of the brain below the thalamus that coordinates both the autonomic nervous system and the activity of the pituitary, controlling body temperature, thirst, hunger, and other homeostatic systems, and is involved in sleep and emotional activity.

Pituitary

A small endocrine gland located at the base of the brain which produces hormones regulating growth, metabolism, and the functioning of other endocrine glands.

Gonads

The primary reproductive organs that produce gametes (e.g., ovaries in females and testes in males) and sex hormones.