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Mid term study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| specific immunity is also called | acquired immunity |
| this immunity is effective against particular identified foreign agents and develops in response to contact with that agent | acquired/specific immunity |
| active immunity is also called | artifical immunity |
| when a person is given a vaccine or toxoid as the antigen and they form antibodies to counteract it is what kind of immunity | active/artificial immunity |
| an autosomal recessive disorder in which no melanin is formed causing a person to have white hair, pale skin and pink eyes | albinism |
| Agents that initiate an allergic response | Allergen |
| Anemia-a condition caused by reduction of oxygen-carrying hemoglobin | Anemia |
| drugs used to treat bacterial infections | Antibiotics |
| proteins secreted by plasma cells that aid in defense against infectious agents | Antibodies |
| the accumulation of fatty material under the inner lining of the arterial wall | Atherosclerosis |
| a single-celled organism with simple structure and lacking a nucleus | Bacteria |
| a disease that my begin insidiously and be long lived | Chronic disease |
| T cells, often called killer cells because of their capability to kill invading organisms | Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes |
| the determination of the nature of a disease based on many factors, including signs, symptoms and often labatory results | Diagnosis |
| life threatening condition that involves destruction of the platelets and consumption of clotting factors. | DIC-Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation |
| the occurrence of a disease in unusually large numbers over a specific area | Epidemic |
| the study of the occurrence, transmission, distribution and control of disease | Epidemiology |
| enlarged liver | Hepatomegaly |
| all cells, tissues, organs, and systems work to maintain equilibrium | Homeostasis |
| protection from infection provided by antibodies | Humoral immunity |
| describes the number of new cases of a disease at a given time in a specified | Incidence |
| an abnormal tissue structure or function, may be the result of a wound, injury or pathologic conditions | Lesion |
| a mass of new cells that grow in a hazard fashion with no useful function; tumor | Neoplasm |
| study of the characteristics, causes and effects of disease | Pathology |
| the number of existing cases of a disease | Prevalence |
| predicted outcome of a disease | Prognosis |
| the period of a chronic disease when signs and symptoms subside | Remission |
| an autosomal recessive disorder, in which hemoglobin is abnormal, resulting in deformed, sickle-shape red blood cells | Sickle cell |
| redness, swelling, heat and pain | Signs of inflammation |
| metrorragia (uttering bleeding, especially after menopause), mass in abdomen, (dysuria)-difficult urination, constipation or bloating | Signs of uterine cancer |
| Nonspecific immunity also called | innate immunity |
| Present at birth and provides immediate but general protection against any foreign agents that enters the body | nonspecific/innate immunity |
| cough, shortness of breath, blood in sputum, chest pain, loss of appetite, wheezing, stridor or high pitch during respiration, hoarseness and dysphasia or difficulty speaking | Symptoms of lung cancer |
| combination of symptoms | Syndrome |
| one of the most serious congenital defects consisting of four (tetra) abnormalities | Tetralogy of Fallot |
| normal body function | physiology |
| study of the physiological processes leading up to disease | pathophysiology |
| objective evidence of disease observed on physical examination, such as abnormal pulse or respiratory rate, fever, sweating and pallor | signs |
| subjective indications of disease reported by the patient, such as pain, dizziness and itching | symptoms |
| surgical removal and analysis of tissue samples | biopsy |
| disease recur in all severity | exacerbation |
| measure of death attributed to disease | mortality |
| measure of disability | morbidity |
| an individual who has factors that makes them susceptible to a disease | predispose |
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