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Ch 13,14,15
ZELMAN HUMAN DISEASES 6th ED
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ____behavior such as self-induced vomiting or use of laxatives | Purge |
| ____is a condition of drowsiness | Lethargy |
| ____means eating an excessive amount of food | Binge |
| ____is a structure of the brain that processes and stores memory | Hippocampus |
| ____means excessive thirst | Polydipsia |
| ____is false beliefs | Delusions |
| ____is an inflammation of the brain and meninges | Encephalitis |
| ____is disturbances in perception | Hallucinations |
| ____is female hormones | Estrogen |
| ____are the clouding of the lens of the eye | Cataracts |
| ____is the term for excessive circulation of calcium in the blood stream | Hypercalcemia |
| ____is the medical term for "crossed-eyes" | Strabismus |
| An____is a weakened area in the vascular walls | Aneurysm |
| ____causes contraction of smooth muscle in the uterus, initiates milk secretion and strengthens contractions during labor | Oxytocin |
| ____is an accute inflammation of nerve cells and is caused by the chicken pox virus and is also called herpes zoster | Shingles |
| Acromegaly results from hyperactivity of the____ | anterior pituitary |
| This hormone increases the blood calcium level____ | parathormone |
| Hypoglycemia is a sign of____ | Addison's disease |
| The trunk is obese in____ | Cushing's disease |
| A deficiency of ADH is the cause of____ | Diabetes insipidus |
| Which disease is associated with hyper secretion of thyroxine? | Grave's disease |
| Which gland secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine? | Adrenal gland |
| A deficiency in corticosteroids is associated with what disease? | Addison's disease |
| A person in insulin shock should recieve____ | glucose |
| Iodine is required for the body to make____ | thyroxine |
| T/F Rabies is caused by a virus. | True |
| Epilepsy can be caused by____ | birth trama, injury to the brain and a penetrating wound |
| What does the brain stem control? | heart rate and breathing |
| What is meningitis? | acute inflammation of the first two meninges of the brain and spinal cord, the pia mater and the arachnoid |
| T/F Polio is caused by a virus. | True |
| What causes MS? | damage to the myelin sheath; chronic progressive disease of the central nervous system with myelin destruction |
| Within 3 or 4 hours, what clot-buster may be used to treat a CVA? | TPA |
| Petit mal is a mild form of____ | epilepsy |
| What is the lesion in Parkinson's disease? | no dopamine |
| What is conjunctivitis? | inflammation of the superficial covering of the visible sclera and the inner lining of the eyelids (blood shot red eye and yellowish mass near the medial of the eye) |
| Reforms in the treatment of the mentally ill started after the French Revolution with an Austrian physician named____ | Franz Mesmer |
| Psychiatirc diagnoses are catedgorized in a book named the____ | DSM |
| What neurotransmitter is implicated in schizophrenia, depression and ADHD? | dopamine |
| T/F ADHD is limited to children | False |
| What is acetylcholine? | medication that is effective in improving the memory in people with alzheimer's disease |
| What is the name of the delusion that one is being watched and punished? | persecutory |
| Periods of intense mania nad depression that last for several weeks is also known as____ | Bipolar I |
| Binge eating followed by purging behavior such as self-induced vomiting most commonly occurs in____ | Bulimia Nervosa |
| Adults with bipolar illness may be treated with what type of medication? | stimulant medications |
| Anxious, irrational thoughts and images are also called____ | obsessions |
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