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Objective abnormalities that can be seen by someone other than the patient are called?   Signs  
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Abnormalities felt only by the patient are called?   Symptoms  
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Diseases that persit for a short amount of time and then disappear are called?   Acute  
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Diseases that develop slowly and last a long period of time are called?   Chronic  
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A disease that is passed from person to person is called?   Communicable  
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What is it called in an infectious disease when it takes time to build up?   Incubation  
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Remission means?   Stable  
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The study of the occurrence, distribution, and transmission of disease in humans is called?   Epidemiology  
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When a disease spreads locally in a native region it is called?   Endemic  
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When a disease spreads in your local community it is called?   Epidemic  
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When a disease spreads world wide it is called?   Pandemic  
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What are the four factors that may play a role in disease?   Nutrition, Age, Gender, Socioeconomic  
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Name three mechanisms of disease?   Genetic Mechanism, Infectious Mechanism, and Neoplastic Mechanism  
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An organism that lives in or on another organism to obtain its nutrients is called?   Parasite  
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A condition that may take the development of a disease more likely to occur?   Predisposing  
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What are the risk factors of disease?   Genetic Factors, Age, Lifestyle, and Preexisting Conditions  
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Intracellular parasites that consist of a nucleic acid core surrounded by a protein coat is known as what?   Virus  
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Pathogenic proteins that convert normal proteins into abnormal proteins?   Prion  
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Mad Cow Disease?   BSE  
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Diseases that are rare and fatal conditions characterized by degeneration of brain tissue and progressive loss of nervous system function?   BSE AND vCJD  
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What is a tiny primitive cell without a nucleus?   Bacterium  
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Requires oxygen for their metabolism?   Aerobic  
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Requires an absence of oxygen?   Anaerobic  
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What are the ways to classify bacteria?   Growth Requirements, Staining Properties, Shape and Size  
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When bacteria is stained purple it is?   Gram-positive  
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When bacteria is not stained purple it is?   Gram-negative  
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What are the three shapes of bacteria?   Round, Rod and Curved  
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Large, rod shaped cells found singly or in groups?   Bacilli  
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Large round bacteria found singly, pairs, or strings?   Cocci  
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What causes Rocky Mountain Fever?   Rickettsia  
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What are hard to get rid of and reproduce?   Spores  
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One celled organisms that are larger than bacteria and whose DNA is organized in a nucleus. Also spreads in water?   Protozoa  
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What are the three major groups of pathogenic animals?   Nematodes, Platyhelminths, and Arthropods  
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What is it called when disease spreads without sickness?   Vector  
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What are some ways pathogens can spread?   Person-to-Person Contact, Environmental Contact, Opportunistic Invasion, and Transmission by Vector  
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What are the methods to prevent the spread of pathogens?   Sterilization, Disinfecting, and Isolation  
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Neoplasms are what?   Tumors  
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Benign means?   Stable  
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Malignant means?   Spreading  
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What are two benign tumors that arise from epithelial tissue?   Papilloma and Nevus  
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What are three benign tumors that arise from connective tissue?   Lipoma, Osteoma, and Chondroma  
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What are malignant tumors that arise from epithelial tissues?   Carcinoma  
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What are two carcinomas that arise from epithelial tissues?   Melanoma and Adenocarcinoma  
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Malignant tumors that arise from connective tissues are?   Sarcomas  
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What are the four sarcomas that arise from connective tissues?   Lymphoma, Osteosarcoma, Myeloma, and Fibrosarcoma  
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What are the five causes for cancer?   Genetic Factors, Carcinogens, Age, Environment, and Viruses  
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What is carcinogen?   Chemical that causes cancer  
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What are the four methods to help determine cancer?   Self Examination, Diagnostic Imaging, Blood Test, and Biopsy  
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What is known as portable outcome?   Prognosis  
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What is chemical therapy called?   Chemotherapy  
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What are the four treatments for cancer?   Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Laser Therapy, and Immunotherapy  
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A combination of processes that attempt to minimize injury to tissues?   Inflammatory Response  
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What are the four signs of inflammatory response?   Redness, Heat, Swelling, and Pain  
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When tissues are damaged due to inflammation they release inflammation mediators called what?   Histamine, Prostaglandins, and Kinnins  
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Kinnins do what?   Intensifies Reaction  
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Edema is also known as what?   Swelling  
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The movement of white blood cells in response to chemical attractants?   Chemo taxis  
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Local Inflammation?   Remains Isolated  
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Systematic Inflammation?   Spreads throughout the body  
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Example of systematic inflammation?   Fever  
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