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What does Addison's disease result from?
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Any disease process that damages the entire adrenal cortex
most cases are due to an autoimmune process |
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Define homozygous
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Person having the same two alleles of a particular gene
having brown eyes because both parents have brown eyes |
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What are the signs of epilepsy?
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Petit mal
grand mal-classic seizure |
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Which contagious skin disease is related to poor living conditions?
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Impetigo
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What are the ventricles of the brain filled with?
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Cerebrospinal fluid
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Whom does kleinfelter's syndrome occur in?
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1 in 500 to 1 in 1000 males
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How is CSF collected
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Lumbar puncture
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What is a cyst?
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A sac or capsule containing fluid; usually harmless
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Which fluid fills the joints spaces and bursae?
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Synovial fluid
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Achondroplasia dwarfism results from?
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One defective dominant allele
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What is acromegaly?
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Condition that results from excessive production of growth hormone after puberty
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What type of hereditary trait appears in every generation?
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Dominant
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What is osteitis deformans?
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Paget's disease
overproduction of bone, particularly in the skull, vertebrae and pelvis. |
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What are the characteristics of sex-linked diseases?
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Result from defective genes on the x chromosome, which makes the diseases more common in men.
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Which endocrine glad regulates metabolic rate or cellular oxygen consumption?
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Thyroid gland
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