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Question | Answer |
What does excess levels of vitamin D cause? | hypercalcemia |
Identify where fat soluble vitamins are excreted. | They accumulate instead of being excreted. |
What are the main antioxidants vitamins? | A,C, and E. |
Identify the fat soluble vitamins. | A,D,E, and K. |
What happens when there is a vitamin D deficiency? | Bone weakness, deformities, and osteoperosis. |
Which vitamin enables proper cellular functioning of the body? | Vitamine B |
Which vitamin is responsible for the formation of the connective tissue that is formed in the bones, teeth, and gums? | vitamin C |
what is the primary function of the spleen? | To filter large amounts of blood cells as they reach the end of their life cycle. |
What is another name for chicken pox? | shingles |
What disease has been totally eradicated from the united states. | polio |
Hepatitis B can lead to damage to what organ? | the liver |
What is the primary function of the thymus? | produce lymphocytes |
What is the primary function of the tonsils? | fight off infections by filtering bacteria. |
What makes up the body's major portion of fighting cells? | lymphocytes |
What are the main causes of cancer? | environmental contaminants, radiation, and viruses. |
In radiation treatment, which rays are used to treat deep lesions? | gamma |
Which drug stimulates WBC prodution? | filgrastim |
Identify the drugs which are mitotic inhibitors. | etoposide, vinblastin, vincristine, and vinorelbine. |
An agent that causes irritation and sloughing of the skin is known as | vesicants |
Identify the drugs which are nitrosoureas agents. | carmustine, lomustine, and sreptozocin. |
Identify diseases typically treated with alkylating agents. | hodgkin's disease, retinoblastoma, lymphocytic leukemia, and inoperable cancer. |
Scurvy is the result of what vitamin deficiency? | vitamin c |
what does vitamin K do to the blood? | Formation of blood coagulation factors. |
What does pyridoxine do? | It functions in the motabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in the diet. |
In which group is the thymus larger? | children |
What bacterial disease is known as the whooping cough? | pertussis |
Which virus can cause birth defects in unborn children or even miscarriage? | rubella |
Identify the vaccines which may be given together? | Diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus. |
Which are smaller B cells or T cells? | B cells. |
What are the advantages and disadvantages of live vaccines? | There is a risk of developing a full blown infection. Once the body builds up antibodies, the body has long lasting immunity. |
Identify the antimetabolite agents. | Cytarabine, mercaptopurine, and thioguanine. |
What agent is used to treat the development of cancer called? | antineoplastic |
What is a nonmalignant neoplasm called? | benign |
The process of cell division that all cells perform is what? | mitosis |
Whaich drug stimulates RBC production? | erythropoietin |
Identify the antibiotics commonly used in adjunct treatment of cancer? | Bleomycin, mitomycin, mixoxantrane, pentostatin, and plicamycin. |
Which vitamin is used in tissue respiration and metabolism but when taken orally it can reduce LDL? | vitamin B3/ nicotinic acid |
ascorbic acid | water |
retinol | fat |
ergocalciferol | fat |
folic acid | water |
riboflavin | water |
alpha-tocopheral | fat |
Proper immune functioning and growth. | selenium |
bone formation, cell transport, and nerve and muscle functions. | calcium |
Ironutilization, skin pigmetation, nervous system functions. | copper |
Proper growth and reproduction, helps heal wounds. | zinc |
Hemoglobin and oxygen transport. | Iron |
Cellular transport; normal muscle, heart, kidney, and nervous system functions. | potassium |
Thiamine | Beriberi |
Aquired immunity | immunity that has been acquired through exposure to an antigen or infectious disease. |
Folic acid deficiency | Megaloblastic anemia/nerve damage |
Nicotinic acid | Pellagra |
Cyanocobalamin | pernicious anemia |
The lymphatic system is a primary source of | immune cell production and is called the immune system. |
How ofter should a tetnus booster be given to adults? | every 10 years. |
What vaccine in the 1950's contained a live virus and gave peopll the virus they were being immunized agaist? | First polio vaccine. |
toxoid | a toxin that has been renderd harmless but involves an antisenic response. |
Antigen | "self cell" stimulates the production of antibodies. |
Passive immunity | Resistance that has been aquired through a transfer of antibodies from an animal to human, or an mother to child. |
Antibodies | proteins contained within plasma cells that neutralizes or destroys antigens called immunoglobulins. |
Globulin | Protein that is insoluble in water; protects against disease. |
Which type of cancer are antimetabolites often used for treatments? | Leukemia |
What is the proper order of stages that mitosis goes into? | Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telephase, cytokinesis, and interphase. |
Attenuated | An altered or live vaccin made from the disease organism against which the live vaccine protects. |
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