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human disease study
study guide for human disease mid term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the best brief definition of disease | functional disequilibrium |
| an example of homeostatis | elevation of blood pressure during exercise and depression of blood pressure during sleep, maintenance of body temperation at 37 degrees celcius and regulation of blood ph near 7.35 |
| the scientific study of disease is known as | pathology |
| the study of the causes of disease is known as | etiology |
| which is the incorrect term:definition pair | pathology: study of the cause of disease |
| what describes a disease that occurs in large numbers over a widespread area | epidemic |
| what describes the number of deaths a disease causes in a susceptible population | mortality |
| the events leading to the development of a disease are known as its | pathophysiology |
| a collection of signs and symptoms that occur together is a | syndrome |
| what procedure extracts tissue for microscopic examination | biopsy |
| what are the signs and symptoms of inflammation | swelling, redness, pain, and heat |
| IgE is involved in | allergy |
| they produce antibodies | Neutrophils |
| resistance of the skin to invading organisms is | innate immunity |
| what is correct about active immunity | it is long lived |
| what does fever do | stimulates phagocytic cells |
| what describes the function of interferon | block virus multiplication |
| what describes phagocytosis | leukocytes take in and destroy foreign material |
| what describes chemotaxis | attraction of leukocytes to site of inflammation |
| what are responsible for more potent and rapid response during subsequent exposures to the same antigen | memory cells |
| what kind of trait tends to appear in each generation | dominant |
| what is the alternative form of a gene | recessive gene |
| what are the genes that cause albinism | recessive |
| who does sex-linked traits usually show up in | normally show up in males |
| why is turner's syndrome; trisomy mismatches | turner's syndrome is when one sex chromosome is missing and trisomy is when there is 3 copies instead of 2 copies of chromosome 21 |
| the person has only x type of sex chromosomes that person would be | female |
| accumulation of excess phenylalanine causes | PKU |
| what is a recessive disorder | polydactyly |
| which of the following is not considered a genectic disease | multiple scl |
| what microorganisms typically do not cause disease in a healthy person but may cause disease in an immunocompromised host | opportunistic |
| what cannot reproduce outside of living organisms | viruses |
| ascariasis is caused by | helmints |
| a latent infection is caused by | virus |
| a worldwide outbreak of a disease is said to be | pandemic |
| what is the separation of persons suspected of having a disease from healthy people until the period of infectious risk is passed called | quarantine |
| what do hospitals do to infected persons that help control infectious disease transmission | isolation |
| what kinds of infections are infections acquired in a healthcare facility | nosocomial |
| what is used to treat bacterial infections | antibiotics |
| those diseases transmitted from human to human are said to be | contagious or communicable |
| the majority of central nervous system tumors are derived from | glial cells |
| infections such as hep b and hep c are associated with the development of | liver cancer |
| what is the third largest contributor to cancer deaths | obesity |
| symptom of lung cancer | dysphagia |
| having a personal or family history of breast cancer are | risk factors |
| what is a clot within a blood vessel | thrombosis |
| what is the narrowing of the valve leading into the aorta called | stenosis |
| a sustained rapid heart rate of greater that 100 beats per minute is known as | tachycardia |
| a machine called an automated external defibrillator (AED) delivers | electrical shocks |
| what is a life threatening condition in which blood pressure drops too low to sustain life | shock |
| The leading cause of anemia worldwide is iron deficiency | true |
| a rise in red blood cell mass accompanied by anemia is known as polycythemia vera | false |
| vitamin b12 and folic acid deficiency anemia are also called megaloblastic anemia | true |
| sickle cell disease causes formation of hemoglobin S that forms cross links and deformed red blood cells | true |
| hemophilia A is an x-linked recessive disorder that primarily affects females | false |
| tuberculosis is now considered a rare respiratory disease | false |
| emphysema may be caused by a genetic trait | true |
| DPT is a vaccine for whooping cough | true |
| asthma is increasing locally and globally | true |
| tall slim individuals are more prone to sleep apnea | false |
| the most common cause for esophageal varices is gastritis | false |
| the greatest amount of digestion occurs in the small intestine | true |
| abdominal pain relieved by eating and by antacids is characteristic of peptic ulcers | false |
| gastroenteritis is characterized by inflammation of the stomach and intestines producing anorexia nausea vomiting and diarrhea | true |
| salmonella is one of the most common causes of food poisoning | true |
| kidney stones normally originate in the urinary bladder | false |
| cystitis is more common in women than men | true |
| albumin is a sugar type organic material | false |
| pyelonephritis involves only the central part of the kidney | false |
| diabetic nephropathy occurs later on in the diabetic patient | true |
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