chapter 7

3. the loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body.
5. injury or disability caused when the normal position of a joint or other part of the body is disturbed.
8. a hormonal disorder that develops when your pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone during adulthood.
10. a red blood cell
11. Mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, result from lack of insulin being produced in the islands of Langerhans.
12. the swelling and tenderness of one or more of your joints.
15. occurs when bowel movements become less frequent and stools become difficult to pass.
17. is an inflammation of the appendix
18. gastritis, an inflammatory condition of the lineing of the stomach.

1. the medical term for pain with your period (menstruation) or menstrual cramps.
2. inflammation of one or both testicles.
4. white blood cells.
6. A complete or partial break in a bone.
7. union of the females ovum with the males sperm.
9. is a condition in which the nephrons, the functional units of the kidneys, become inflamed.
13. Calculi, kidney stones.
14. Accident, the medical term for a stroke.
16. a short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.