MEDT200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Parasitism, Artificial Kidney, Spina Bifida
17 Jan 2017
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Adrenal glands: endo(to send)crine glands located above each kidney. Cortisol (controls glucose in long term fasting) First antibiotic = penicillin 1928 by sir richard flemin. Cortex (of anything) = outer most part (greek) Medulla = core of something adrenaline is made here. Antibiotic: destroys or in hibits growth of icroorganisms such as bacteria. We are in 5th generation of antibiotic discoveru. Antigen: a substance, uaually foreign to the body, that stimulates the production of antimbodies. Antibodies: protein substances made by white blood cells usually in respose to the presence of foreign. Autoimmune disease: the body makes antibodies against its own healthy cells and tissues, causing inflammation and inj". Lupus erythematosus: wolf + condition of red skin) Rh condition: an antigen-antibody condition that develops when here is a difference in rh blood factor between that of the pregnant omother (rh no and fesu) Red blood cells do not get into mother"s circulation.
