8.1 Flashcards
Biomedical Science
The application of the principles 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 expressed in millimeters of mercury
Contagious
Communicable by contact
Diagnose
To recognize a disease by signs and symptoms
Diastolic pressure
Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions
Epidemic
An infectious disease that spreads rapidly and sickens a large number of people
Heart Rate
A measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beats per minute
Homeostasis
The ability of an organism or cell to maintain equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes in order to function properly
Hyperthermia
Overheating 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 infective agent in or on a suitable host
Inoculation
The introduction of a pathogen or antigen into a living organism to stimulate the production of 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 rythmitic expansion and recoil of arteries resulting from the heart contraction can be felt from outside of the body
Symptom
Something that indicates the presence of bodily disorder
Systolic pressure
The blood pressure generate by the heart during contraction
Vaccine
A harmless variant of a pathogen that stimulates a host immune system to mount defenses against the pathogen
Virus
A submicroscopic particle that must infect a living plant or animal cells to reproduce
Vital signs
Measurements of the body’s most basic functions and useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems
