Medical Technology Vocabulary

4. Bacteria that carry genes that allow them to survive exposure to antibiotics we currently have.
5. An enzyme that aids in the digestion of lactose.
7. Only infectious disease to be eradicated globally.
8. When you swallow foods, muscular movements carry the food to the stomach.
13. measures electrical impulses generated by nerve signals.
14. The full set of genes of an individual.
15. a treatment in which drugs that destroy cancer and either injected into the body or taken orally.
16. Removing the waste products from the body.
17. the regular rhythmic beating of the heart which refers to a pressure wave that expands and recoils the artery when the heart beats.
18. Protective covering that some bacteria have in response to nutrient deprivation.
21. A population that is overly affected by a certain illness more so than other populations.
25. The body’s natural response to injury, irritation, or pathogens.

1. Breeding closely related animals over many generations to get a desired trait, but some undesired traits may be expressed.
2. a technique in which a continuous beam of x-rays is used to produce moving images.
3. Refers to an organism containing one or more deliberately inserted genes from another species.
6. A form of bacterial reproduction which involves the temporary union of bacteria for their exchange in genetic material.
9. A disease that pops up occasionally.
10. Large, complex, and extremely important molecules found in living things that consist of long chains of amino acids.
11. Help prevent massive blood loss by helping the blood clot.
12. the physiological state of the body in which internal physical and chemical conditions are kept within a range that is suitable for life processes.
19. situ External from the ground.
20. A solution formed by the leaching of contaminants through soil layers.
22. A type of pathogen that requires a living host to survive.
23. The collection, summarization, and analysis of health data.
24. Helps cells take in glucose that is in the blood