8.1

Question 1

Biomedical science

Answer 1

The application of the principles of the natural sciences, especially biology and physiology, to clinical medicine

Question 2

Blood Pressure

Answer 2

the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood and expressed in millimeters of mercury

Question 3

diagnose

Answer 3

to recognize a disease by signs and symptons

Question 4

contagious

Answer 4

communicable by contact

Question 5

epidemic

Answer 5

an infectious disease that spreads rapidly and sickens a large number of people

Question 6

diastolic pressure

Answer 6

blood pressure that remains between heart contractions

Question 7

heart rate

Answer 7

a measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beats per minute

Question 8

homeostasis

Answer 8

the ability of an organism or cell to maintain equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes in order to function properly.

Question 9

hyperthermia

Answer 9

overheating of the body, possibly due to weather conditions

Question 10

hypertension

Answer 10

high blood pressure

Question 11

hypothermia

Answer 11

abnormally low blood temperature

Question 12

infection

Answer 12

the state produced by the establishment of an infective agent in or on a suitable host

Question 13

inoculation

Answer 13

the introduction of a pathogen or antigen into a living organism to stimulate the production of antibodies

Question 14

outbreak

Answer 14

a sudden rise in the incidence of a diesease

Question 15

pathogen

Answer 15

any disease-producing agent such as a virus, bacteria, or a parasite

Question 16

pulse

Answer 16

the rhythmic expansion and recoil of arteries resulting from heart contraction; can be felt from the outside of the body