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What is the medical term meaning life-threatening disease with painful uncontrolled contraction of skeletal muscle?
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∙ 11y ago
Tetanus is a life-threatening disease with uncontrolled contraction of skeletal muscle (a sign known as tetany).
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What is the best therapeutic response to the patient with a lifethreatening disease?
relief of pain and other discomfort
What is disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth?
Cancer is a disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth.
What is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth?
Cancer
Why does motor neuron disease result in paralysis of skeletal system?
Skeletal muscle contraction is activated by motor neurons in the spinal cord, which are themselves under control from motor neurons in the brain. Without nervous input, the muscles wont respond to volitional control.
What is a disease caused by uncontrolled cell division called?
Uncontrolled cell division leads to cancer.
What causes lymph to move toward the heart?
The lymph is circulated via muscle movement. The lymphatic system is not closed and has no central pump; thus transport is slow and sporadic. Lymph movement occurs due to peristalsis (propulsion of the lymph due to alternate contraction and relaxation of smooth muscle), valves, and compression during contraction of adjacent skeletal muscle and arterial pulsation.
Disease caused by uncontrolled mitosis in living organisms?
cancer
What is the most common skeletal disease?
athritis
Is cancer a diseases?
yes it is as i understand it ; it is a uncontrolled cell growth
What is Thompson's disease?
A hereditary disease of the muscles characterized by prolonged contraction of the muscles whenever voluntary motion is attempted, contraction and relaxation being slow and the muscles stiff.
What is the name of the disease in which defective cells in the body keep on dividing in an uncontrolled manner?
cancer
What are the benefits of hemophilia?
Hemophilia is an inheritied disease. It can cause death from uncontrolled bleeding. It does not have a benefit.
