Apply It: 14.1 Apply Terms Learned in Chapters 9-13

Define the medical term schizophrenia.

a psychotic disorder usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances.

Define the medical term dendrites.

the root-like processes that receive impulses and conduct them to the cell body.

Define the medical term dacryoadenitis.

an inflammation of the lacrimal gland caused by a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection (dacry/o means tear, aden means gland, and -itis means inflammation).

Define the medical term arrector pili.

tiny muscle fibers attached to the hair follicles that cause the hair to stand erect.

Define the medical term pancreatic islets.

parts of the pancreas that have endocrine functions.