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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A rare cancer that forms in the part of the bile duct that is outside the liver. The bile duct is the tube that collects bile from the liver and joins a duct from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct, which carries bile into the small intestine when food is being digested.
Industry:Health care
The main blood vessel that supplies blood to a kidney and its nearby adrenal gland and ureter. There is a renal artery for each kidney.
Industry:Health care
A hormone produced by the pancreas that increases the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood.
Industry:Health care
A doctor who specializes in treating blood disorders in children.
Industry:Health care
A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates (sugars). Also called aerobic metabolism, aerobic respiration, and oxidative metabolism.
Industry:Health care
A pigment that gives color to skin and eyes and helps protect it from damage by ultraviolet light.
Industry:Health care
The condition between conception (fertilization of an egg by a sperm) and birth, during which the fertilized egg develops in the uterus. In humans, pregnancy lasts about 288 days.
Industry:Health care
A biopsy procedure that uses an ultrasound imaging device to find an abnormal area of tissue and guide its removal for examination under a microscope.
Industry:Health care
