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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
The part of the nervous system that controls muscles of internal organs (such as the heart, blood vessels, lungs, stomach, and intestines) and glands (such as salivary glands and sweat glands). One part of the autonomic nervous system helps the body rest, relax, and digest food and another part helps a person fight or take flight in an emergency. Also called ANS and involuntary nervous system.
Industry:Health care
A surgical procedure in which the doctor creates a new pathway for the flow of body fluids.
Industry:Health care
A normal process in which a cell destroys proteins and other substances in its cytoplasm (the fluid inside the cell membrane but outside the nucleus), which may lead to cell death. Autophagy may prevent normal cells from developing into cancer cells, but it may also protect cancer cells by destroying anticancer drugs or substances taken up by them.
Industry:Health care
Pertaining to the armpit area, including the lymph nodes that are located there.
Industry:Health care
Surgery to remove lymph nodes found in the armpit region. Also called axillary lymph node dissection.
Industry:Health care
A lymph node in the armpit region that drains lymph from the breast and nearby areas.
Industry:Health care
Surgery to remove lymph nodes found in the armpit region. Also called axillary dissection.
Industry:Health care
A drug used to treat some bacterial infections. Amoxicillin is a form of penicillin that is made in the laboratory. It kills certain types of bacteria. It is a type of antibiotic.
Industry:Health care
