8.1 Flashcards
Biomedical science
The application of the principals of the natural sciences especially biology and physiology to clinical medicine
Blood pressure
The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood and expresses in millimeters of mercury
Contagious
Communicable by contact
Diagnose
To recognize a disease by sighs and symptoms
Diastolic pressure
Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions
Heart rate
A measure of cardiac usually expressed in as the number of beats per minute
Homeostasis
The ability of an organism or cell to maintain equilibrium by adjusting the physiological process in order to function properly
Hyperthermia
Overhearing of the body possibly due to extreme weather conditions
Hypertension
High blood pressure
Hypothermia
Abnormally low body temperature
Infection
The state produced by the establishment of an infection
Inoculation
The introduction of a pathogen or antigen into a living organism to stimulate the production or antibodies
Outbreak
A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease
Pathogen
any disease producing agent such as a virus bacteria or parasite
Pulse
The rhythmic expansion and recoil of arteries resulting from heart contractions can be felt from the outside of the body
Symptom
Something that indicates the presence of bodily disorder
Systolic pressure
A blood pressure generated by the heart during contractions
Vaccine
I’m a harmless variant of a pathogen that stimulates the hosts immune system to mount defense against the pathogen
Virus
A sub microscopic particl that must infect living plant or animal cells to reproduce
Vital signs
Measurements of the body’s most basic functions and useful in detecting or monitoring of the body’s most basic functions and useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems
