Autosomal Dominant - 1 parent has, 50% change of child having

Autosomal Recessive - Both parents are carriers, 25% change of child having, 50% chance child is a carrier.

Cystic Fibrosis - affects pancreas causing secretions in lungs

21st Trisomy - Down Syndrome

Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY) - male has extra X, female like qualities

Turner Syndrome - Missing X in females

Alpha Thalassemia - inherited blood disorder; mild to severe anemia

Beta Thallasemia - low hemoglobin; contraindicated medication ferrous sulfate

Prevalence Risk - proportion of the population affected at a certain time

Incidence rate - number of new cases divided by population

Innate immunity - inflammation; increased vascular permeability

B&T lymphocytes - immune response

primary malignant tumor - lack of organization of cells

glucocorticoids - used in combination with other agent to treat lymphoid tissue (leukemia). glucocorticoids are directly toxic to lymphoid tissues.

Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERM) - for hormone receptor positive and advanced breast cancer. (Tamoxifin reduces risk and recurrence risk)

Heart failure - impairment of the ventricle to fill with or eject blood; heart cannot meet metabolic need of the body.

CHF - heart cannot keep up with metabolic needs; volume overload in pulmonary area

Left Ventricular Dysfunction - reduced ejection fraction; ventricle having issue ejecting blood.

normal ejection fraction - 55 - 60 % (blood pumped out with each heartbeat)