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From the Ted Talk by Kaitlyn Sadtler: Your body vs. implants

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Early-responding inflammatory _____, like neutrophils and macrophages, respond to the emergency call. Neutrophils release little granules filled with _______ that try to _____ down the surface of the insulin pump’s needle. Macrophages secrete enzymes too, together with ______ oxide ________, which ______ a chemical ________ that ________ the object over time. If the macrophages are unable to dispatch the foreign body rapidly, they fuse together, forming a mass of cells called a “giant cell.” At the same time, cells called ___________ ______ to the site and begin to deposit layers of dense connective tissue. Those enclose the needle that the pump uses to deliver insulin and test for glucose levels. Over time this scaffolding builds up, forming a scar around the implant.

Solution


  1. nitric
  2. cells
  3. create
  4. degrades
  5. fibroblasts
  6. travel
  7. break
  8. radicals
  9. enzymes
  10. reaction

Original Text


Early-responding inflammatory cells, like neutrophils and macrophages, respond to the emergency call. Neutrophils release little granules filled with enzymes that try to break down the surface of the insulin pump’s needle. Macrophages secrete enzymes too, together with nitric oxide radicals, which create a chemical reaction that degrades the object over time. If the macrophages are unable to dispatch the foreign body rapidly, they fuse together, forming a mass of cells called a “giant cell.” At the same time, cells called fibroblasts travel to the site and begin to deposit layers of dense connective tissue. Those enclose the needle that the pump uses to deliver insulin and test for glucose levels. Over time this scaffolding builds up, forming a scar around the implant.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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insulin pumps 2
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Important Words


  1. body
  2. break
  3. builds
  4. call
  5. called
  6. cell
  7. cells
  8. chemical
  9. connective
  10. create
  11. degrades
  12. deliver
  13. dense
  14. deposit
  15. dispatch
  16. emergency
  17. enclose
  18. enzymes
  19. fibroblasts
  20. filled
  21. foreign
  22. forming
  23. fuse
  24. glucose
  25. granules
  26. implant
  27. inflammatory
  28. insulin
  29. layers
  30. levels
  31. macrophages
  32. mass
  33. needle
  34. neutrophils
  35. nitric
  36. object
  37. oxide
  38. pump
  39. radicals
  40. rapidly
  41. reaction
  42. release
  43. respond
  44. scaffolding
  45. scar
  46. secrete
  47. site
  48. surface
  49. test
  50. time
  51. tissue
  52. travel
  53. unable