A Univ. of Nev. Strep throat in children generally lasts for about a week (two to seven days). The symptoms can be severe, causing levels of discomfort during swallowing that make a child not want to eat. Other symptoms include redness and white patches in the throat, swollen lymph nodes and fever.
2. chondroblasts-immature cartilage cells. Secrete extracellular matrix, but are not yet rigidly embedded in that matrix. 3. chondrocytes-mature cartilage cells that are embedded in rigid extracellular matrix. These cells reside in small spaces within the matrix that are called lacunae.
blast- relates to immature cells -oma means tumour. Therefore by breaking down a complex word we can see that neuroblastoma literally means a tumour made up of immature nerve cells. To take another type of tumour: osteogenic sarcoma. osteo-means bone -genic means creating / causing Thus we can see that this is a bone forming tumour. All medical terms have a root word.