Diseases for the Competency Test from Unit Objectives
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| show | Overactive and inflamed glands in some body regions become plugged, producing blackheads (comedomes), or surrounded by small, red elevations producing pimples (pustules).
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| show | Usually arises in nonpigmented epithelial cells in the deep layer of the epidermis, or from melanocytes.
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| Basal Cell Carcinoma | show 🗑
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| Squamous Cell Carcinoma | show 🗑
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| show | From melanocytes. Pigmented with melanin. Can be brown, clack, gray, or blue. Irregular outlines and may feel bumpy.
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| Decubitus Ulcers | show 🗑
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| Herniated Disk | show 🗑
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| Osteoarthritis | show 🗑
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| show | Cells that form new bone tissue can't keep up with the cells that break the bone tissue down. The spaces in the bones enlarge, weakening the bones.
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| show | Curving of the spine
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| show | The laminae of the vertebrae fail to unite during development. The vertebral arch remains incomplete. Contents of the vertebral canal protrude outward.
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| show | Chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and tenderness in localized areas
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| show | Muscles weaken and degenerate because of missing or abnormal dystrophin.
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| Shin Splints | show 🗑
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| ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) | show 🗑
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| show | Progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s
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| Bacterial Meningitis | show 🗑
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| Cerebral Palsy | show 🗑
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| show | Nerve impulses reaching synaptic knobs too rapidly resulting in a seizure.
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| show | Chronic, typically progressive disease involving damage to the sheaths of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord
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| Parkinson's | show 🗑
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| Presbyopia | show 🗑
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| show | Near-sightedness
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| show | Far-sightedness
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| Cataracts | show 🗑
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| Conjuctivitis | show 🗑
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| show | The inability to hear sounds.
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| Conductive Deafness | show 🗑
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| show | Damage to the cochlea, auditory nerve, or auditory nerve pathways
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| show | The aqueous humor forms faster than it is removed. the fluid pressure rises and squeezes shut blood vessels that supply the receptor cells of the retina
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| Macular Degeneration | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of the middle ear
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| Strabismus | show 🗑
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| Tinnitus | show 🗑
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| Vertigo | show 🗑
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| Acromegaly | show 🗑
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| Cretinism | show 🗑
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| show | Metabolic disease that arises from lack of insulin or inability of cells to recognize it.
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| Dwarfism | show 🗑
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| Gigantism | show 🗑
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| Hyperthyroidism | show 🗑
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| Hypothyroidism | show 🗑
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| show | Swelling of the skin and underlying tissues giving a waxy consistency, typical of patients with underactive thyroid
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| AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) | show 🗑
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| show | Viral disease causing fever and a red rash on the skin
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| show | Contagious and infectious viral disease causing swelling of the parotid salivary glands in the face, and a risk of sterility in men
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| show | Symptoms like mild measles. contagious. can cause fetal malformation if contracted in early pregnancy
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| show | Bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles
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| Anemias | show 🗑
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| Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn | show 🗑
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| show | The ability of the blood to clot is severely reduced
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| show | Malignant progressive disease in which the bone marrow and other blood-forming organs produce increased numbers of immature or abnormal leukocytes
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| Mononucleosis | show 🗑
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| show | Abnormally increased concentration of hemoglobin in the blood, either through reduction of plasma volume or increase in red blood cells
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| Aneurysm | show 🗑
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| Arteriosclerosis | show 🗑
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| show | Disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of plaques of fatty material on the inner walls
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| Cerebrovascular Accident | show 🗑
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| show | The end result of the accumulation of artheromatous plaques within the walls of the coronary arteries
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| Hypertension | show 🗑
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| show | Recurring sound heard in the heart. Sometimes a sign of abnormal functions of the heart valves
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| show | Destruction of the heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
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| show | Condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarges, causing breathlessness
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| show | Highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever and severe aching
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| show | One of the most common forms of cancer. uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lungs
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| show | Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid
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| show | Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep
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| show | Infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules in the tissues, especially in the lungs
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| show | Inflammation of the appendix
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| Cirrhosis | show 🗑
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| show | Cancer that occurs in the colon, rectum, or the appendix
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| show | Small, hard crystalline mass formed abnormally in the gallbladder or bile ducts from bile pigments, cholesterol, and calcium salts
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| show | Inflammation of the liver
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| show | Weighing more than 20-25% over a person's ideal weight determined by height and build
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| show | Open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucous membrane that fails to heal
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| Cystitis | show 🗑
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| Diabetes Insipidus | show 🗑
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| show | Acute inflammation of the kidney, typically caused by an immune response
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| show | Involuntary urination or defecation
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| Kidney Stones | show 🗑
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| show | Inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance
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| Urinary Tract Infections | show 🗑
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| show | Cancers that affect the reproductive system
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| Breast Cancer | show 🗑
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| show | Malignant tumor of the testis, usually occurring in older men
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| show | Potentially deadly uncontrolled growth of the cells of the cervix
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| Ovarian Cancer | show 🗑
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| Prostate Cancer | show 🗑
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| show | Condition resulting from the appearance of endometrial tissue outside the uterus and causing pelvic pain
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| show | Inability to develop or maintain an erection
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| show | Various infections that are usually contracted through sexual contact. Some are treatable while others are not
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| show | Venereal disease involving inflammatory discharge from the urethra or vagina
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| show | Chronic bacterial disease that is contracted chiefly by infection during sexual intercourse, but also congenitally by infection of a developing fetus
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| Genital Herpes | show 🗑
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| Chlamydia | show 🗑
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| show | Very common inflammation of the vagina caused by a parasitic trichomonads
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| Genital Warts | show 🗑
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| HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) | show 🗑
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