Bodily Secretions
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Bodily Secretions. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Bodily Secretions.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Bile - An emulsifying agent produced in the LIVER and secreted into the DUODENUM. Its composition includes ...
Bodily Secretions - Endogenous substances produced through the activity of intact cells of glands, tissues, or organs....
Cerumen - The yellow or brown waxy secretions produced by vestigial apocrine sweat glands in the external ear ...
Cervix Mucus - A slightly alkaline secretion of the endocervical glands. The consistency and amount are dependent o...
Colostrum - The thin, yellow, serous fluid secreted by the mammary glands during pregnancy and immediately postp...
Gastric Acid - Hydrochloric acid present in GASTRIC JUICE....
Gastric Juice - The liquid secretion of the stomach mucosa consisting of hydrochloric acid (GASTRIC ACID); PEPSINOGE...
Milk - The white liquid secreted by the mammary glands. It contains proteins, sugar, lipids, vitamins, and ...
Mucus - The viscous secretion of mucous membranes. It contains mucin, white blood cells, water, inorganic sa...
Pancreatic Juice - The fluid containing digestive enzymes secreted by the pancreas in response to food in the duodenum....
Saliva - The clear, viscous fluid secreted by the SALIVARY GLANDS and mucous glands of the mouth. It contains...
Sebum - The oily substance secreted by SEBACEOUS GLANDS. It is composed of KERATIN, fat, and cellular debris...
Semen - The thick, yellowish-white, viscid fluid secretion of male reproductive organs discharged upon ejacu...
Smegma - A foul-smelling accumulation of SEBUM and desquaminated epidermal cells, especially the cheesy subst...
Sputum - Material coughed up from the lungs and expectorated via the mouth. It contains MUCUS, cellular debri...
Sweat - The fluid excreted by the SWEAT GLANDS. It consists of water containing sodium chloride, phosphate, ...
Tears - The fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands. This fluid moistens the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA....
Venoms - Poisonous animal secretions forming fluid mixtures of many different enzymes, toxins, and other subs...
Vernix Caseosa - An unctuous substance composed of sebum and desquamated epithelial cells, which covers the skin of t...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
