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HaneyGenPathRev.-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acute, contagious respiratory disease characterized by fever, chills, headache, and myalgia. | Influenza |
| What stage of Lyme Disease is where the symptoms affect the central nervous system. | Stage 2 |
| The treatment choice in all three stages of ____ _______ is the use of antibiotics and/or parenteral penicillin. | Lyme Disease |
| Rubella is also known as ______ _______. | German Measles |
| Highly communicable disease whose diagnostic signs are fever and the appearance of a characteristic rash. | Measles (Rubeola) |
| Varicella zoster is also known as __________. | Chickenpox |
| The largest group of neoplasms. | Carcinomas |
| Less common than carcinomas, arise from supportive and connective tissue such as bone, fat, muscle, and cartilage. | Sarcomas |
| Which grade of neoplasms are tumor cells well differentiated, and closely resemble normal parent tissue? | Grade 1 |
| What does the letter O stand for in the word CAUTION? | Obvious change in a wart or mole. |
| Condition marked by too much cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain. | Hydrocephalus |
| Hirschsprung's Disease is also known as what? | Congenital Aganglionic Megacolon |
| Carditis involves what layers of the heart? | Any or all layers of the heart |
| Sacklike membrane that surrounds and protects the heart muscle. | pericardium |
| Inflammation of the membrane lining the valves and chambers of the heart | Endocarditis |
| Disease where the blood from the left ventricle flows back into the left atrium. | Mitral insufficiency |
| Heart murmurs may be caused by... | Blood forcing its way through a narrowed valve, and dilation of the heart |
| How many levels are heart murmurs graded on? | 6 |
| A systolic murmur often occurs in _______. | Tricuspid insufficiency |
| What is it called when blood flows back into the right atrium from the right ventricle? | Tricuspid insufficiency |
| Every 24 hours the heart pumps ____ quarts of blood. | 7200 |
| Persistently elevated blood pressure that develops without apparent cause. | Essential hypertension |
| Systolic pressure is __mmHG. | 40 |
| Diastolic pressure is __mmHG. | 90 |
| Endocarditis is known as what? | Infective and bacterial endocarditis |
| Hypertension means | High blood pressure |
| Drooping eyelids are a symptom of? | Myasthenia Gravis |
| Infection of bone forming tissue | Ostepmyelitis |
| Inflammation of a tendon or tendon-muscle attachment to bone | Tendonitis |
| Inflammation of the bursa | Burstitis |
| Osteoporosis is common in women who are __ years old and older. | 50 |
| Valvular stenosis is when the valve is too ______. | narrow |
| Myocardial infarction is also known as | heart attack |
| If an embolus lodges in the brain, it can cause ________. | paraysis |
| Petechiae means | subcutaneous ruptures |
| Which disease is common in women 50 and older, postmenopausal, small-boned, and Northern European background. | Osteoporosis |
| What does the word PAIN mean? | Place of pain, Amount of pain, Interactions, and Neutralizers |
| What are predisposing factors for disease? | Age, sex, heredity, and enviornment |
| What are signs and symptoms with inflammation? | Redness, swelling, pain, heat, and loss of function |
| Smallest of microoraganisms | viruses |
| Rod-shaped bacteria | Bacillus |
| Spiral shaped bacteria | Spirillum |
| Dot shaped bacteria | Coccus |
| What is painful intercourse called? | Dyspareunia |
| Inability of a man to achieve full erection | Erectile dysfunction |
| Most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases in the United States | Gonorrhea |
| Protozoal infestation of the vagina, urethra, or prostate | Trichomoniasis |
| Prostatitis is more common in men older than __ years of age. | 50 |
| Inflammation of the testes due to infection. | Orchitis |
| Malignant neoplasm of the prostate tissue | Prostatic cancer |
| Signs and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome | Irritability, sleeplessness, fatigue, depression, headaches, and vertigo. |
| Absence of menarache beyond age 16 | Amenorrhea |
| Pain associated with menstruation | Dysmenorrhea |
| Cessation of menses and ovarian function | Menopause |
| Occurs when the fertilized ovum implants and grows somewhere other than the uterine cavity | Ectopic pregnancy |
| Early rupture of the amniotic sac | Premature labor |
| Most common stomach ailment | Gastritis |
| Inflammation of the stomach and small intestine | Gastroenteritis |
| Inflammation of the vermiform appendix | Acute appendicitis |
| Dilated, tortuous veins in the mucous membrane of the anus or rectum | Hemorrhoids |
| Small, pouchlike herniation in the intestinal wall | Diverticula |
| Frequent passage of feces | Diarrhea |
| Chronic, disfiguring, life-shortening disease characterized by the overgrowth of bones and soft tissues | Acromegaly |
| Causes fluid filled sacs or cysts in teh renal pelvis, usually asymptomatic until midlife | Polycystic kidney failure |
| Predisposing factor for testicular cancer | Cryptorchidism |
| What is gastroenteritis also known as? | Traveler's diarreha |
| Fifth leading cause of cancer deaths. Signs and symptoms are abdominal pain, anorexia, weight loss, and blood glucose abnormalities. | Pancreatic cancer |
| Treatment of celiac sprue | Gluten free diet |
| Crohn's disease most often affects the _____. | Ileum |
| Acute stomatitis is caused by? | Herpes simplex type 1 |
| Term for sexual intercourse | Coitus |
| Signs and symptoms are bloody diarrhea, with pus and mucus | Ulcerative Colitis |
| Dilated tortuous beins in anal or rectal mucous membranes are | Hemorrhoids |
| Leading cuase of chromic pancreatitits | Alcholism |
| Confirms cryptochidism | Serum gonadotropin |
| Pregnancy failure after one year | Infertility |
| Men usually get testicular cancer before the age of __. | 40 |
| How is colorectal cancer diagnosed? | Fecal occult blood testing |
| Projectile vomiting in an infant in the second or fouth week after birth | Pyloric stenosis |
| 70% success for erectile dysfunction | Viagra |
| What test is used to diagnose infertility? | Huhner test |
| What is the definitibe method of diagnosing crohn's disease? | Through a biopsy of the affected side |
| The etiology of cerebral palsy includes ________ diabetes. | Maternal |
| About __% of couples in the US are infertile | 20 |
| Aphthous stomatitis is caused by | unkown factors |
| Rheumatic fever includes testing for | ASO, WBC, ESR |
| Rheumatic fever tends to be recurrent in _ years. | 5 |
| Leading case of death in women over 40 and has a poor prognosis. | Lung Cancer |
| Pleuritic pain indicates | Pericarditis |
| Complication of influenza-caused pneumonia | Lung abscess |
| What causes migraines? | Blood flow disruption |
| A positive TB testing means isolation for _ year. | One |
| Air in pleural cavity | Pneumothorax |
| Pneumonia is caused by | Viruses, bacteria, protozoa, or rickettsiae. |
| Infectious mono is caused by | Epstein Barr virus |
| True or false: Cor pulmonale can be chronic? | True |
| Diabetes mellitus is caused by | Obesity |
| Signs and symptoms include acne, moon shaped face and a grossly exaggerated head | Cushings syndrome |
| Treatment for diabetes mellitus | Diet, exercise, and insulin |
| Usually fatal after one year of diagnosis | acute myeloblastic leukemia |