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Anthem MT Pathology
Pathology Packet 2009
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acute | Condition that is intense, has a suddent onset, and is of short duration |
| Pandemic | Affecting the entire world |
| Torticollis | A spasm in the SCM that causes the head to tolt or rotate to one side |
| Virulence | The ability of an organism to cause disease |
| Cystitis | Inflammation of the bladder |
| Cushing's Disease | Adrenal Cortex produces too much cortisol because of hypersecretion of the adrenocorticotropic hormone |
| Anaphylactic Shock | Massive release of histamine causeing widespread vasodilation and hypotension |
| Myalgia | Muscle pain |
| Natural Passive Immunity | When a baby inherits antibodies across the placenta through the mother's breast milk |
| Carcinoma | Malignanat tumor of the epithelial tissue |
| Gout | Metabolic disorder involving the development of uric acid crystals (tophi), usually in the big toe |
| Cryptorchism | Failure of one or both testis to descend into the scrotim during fetal development |
| Scleroderma | Characterized by deposition of collagen in the skin, lungs, heart, kidneys, and GI tract |
| Sign | An abnormality that is outward and observable |
| Glaucoma | Characterized by the development of excessive pressure in the eye |
| Urolithiasis | An increase of calcium in the blood leading to the development of kidney stones |
| Shingles | Viral infection characterized by the development of pustules along a dermatonal pattern |
| Thrombocytopenia | An abnormal decrease in the number of circulating platelets |