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Do all microorganisms cause disease?

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No

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What rate of bacteria is affected by changes in temp, nutrition and pH?

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Reproductive rate

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True or false: most fungi do not cause disease in humans

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True

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A roundworm that enters the human body in infected meat eaten raw or undercooked

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Trichinella spiralis

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Can untreated strep serious and lead to complications?

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Yes

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A substance used to impart color to tissue or cells in order to study and identify microscopic organisms

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Stain

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Bacteria that are gram positive stain what color?

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Purple

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The study of all factors that cause disease

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Etiology

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An area of dead tissue caused by a lack of oxygen

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Infarction

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Diseases cause by an error in the individual’s genetic makeup

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Hereditary disease

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Example of viral infection

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Chicken pox

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Anthrax and scarlet fever are what type on infections?

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Bacterial infections of the skin

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Most common type of anemia

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Iron anemia

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The sudden onset of a disease marked by intensity

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Acute

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Thrombophlebitis occurs most commonly in…

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The lower legs

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Th develop gradually and persistent for a long period, often the remainder of a person’s life

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Chronic

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The primary source of histamine and heparin

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Mast cells

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Red shaped bacteria

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Bacilli

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Spherical bacteria

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Cocci

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Bacteria in which the rods or filaments tend to fragment into chains

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Streptobacilli

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A precancerous lesion which occurs on the mucous membrane of the tongue and common in smokers

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Leukoplakia

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When the heart is unable to pump adequate amounts of blood to the tissues and organs

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Cardiac failure

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The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and nerve disorders

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Neurology

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The inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord due usually to bacterial infection from the ears, sinuses, lungs, or a brain abscess

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Meningitis

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A decrease in the left ventricular end diastolic pressure would be least expected in patients with...
Acute myocardial infarction
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A quick rising and collapsing (water hammer) pulse is characteristic of...
Aortic regurgitation
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With a heartbeat, a lift or heave is the rise of what?
Sternum
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Hypertension in adults is a BP greater than...
140/90mmHg
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Refers to the area of the Chevy overlying the heart
Precordium
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A slow rising and sustained carotid pulse is a characteristic of...
Aortic stenosis
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There may be heralded by visual disturbances, may be continuous, lasting for weeks, and may be aggravated by oral contraceptives
Migraines
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There may be conjunctival injection and tearing of the eye on the side involved
Cluster headaches
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Most common type of headache
Tension headache
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Variation in the shape of the red cells would be indicated as...
Poikilocytosis
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An example of hemolytic disease found in newborns characterized by anemia, jaundice, and liver and spleen enlargement
Erythroblastosis fetalis
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A blocking of an artery by a clot
Thrombotic occlusion
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An inflammation of the skin usually causing itching and sometimes accompanied by scaling or blisters
Eczema
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Directly associated with restricted blood flow the the heart
Coronary artery disease
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A congenital defect consisting of the absence of a vertebral arch of the spinal column
Spina bifida
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Paralysis of the lower limbs and varying degrees of the lower trunk
Paraplegia
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A seizure disorder affecting 1-2% of the population and is associated with electrical impulses from the neurons of the brain
Epilepsy
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Persons incapable of forming melanin
Albino
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What has linked idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura with catastrophic lysis of playlets in the free circulation
Increasing evidence
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Occurs only after the administration of foreign serums to human beings
Serum sickness
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Those sensitized to red blood cell antigens by prior transfusion or pregnancy are at risk for...
Hemolytic reactions to blood transfusion
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Manifests as recurrent bouts of edema involving peripheral structures as well as the larynx and bowel
Hereditary angiedema (HANE)
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Associated with red, raised, scaling areas involving the cheeks, scalp, and diaper area
Infantile eczema
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Volatile irritants from organic solvents, exposure to mists and dusts in industrial plants, and the inhalation of cold air may all precipitate individual attacks of...
Asthma
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A condition indicating that certain elements are lacking in the blood
Anemia
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A mysterious condition which kills apparently healthy infants between the ages of 4 weeks and 7 months
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
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An acute bronchopneumonia which derived its name from a highly publicized incident where 182 people developed the disease at a convention in Philadelphia in 1976
Legionnaire’s disease
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A metabolic bone disorder affecting post menopausal women characterized by the loss of calcium and phosphate from the bone
Osteoporosis
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A chronic inflammatory disease attacking joints and surrounding tissues, it is an intermittent disease with periods of remission
Rheumatoid arthritis
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A contagious, superficial skin infection, usually seen in young children
Impetigo
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A condition of excessive intraocular pressure which results in atrophy of the optic nerve
Glaucoma
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A gradually developing cloudiness of the lens, occurring most frequently in persons over 70
Cataracts
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The tissue change associated with uncomplicated asthma
Smooth muscle spasm and mucosal edema
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Gonococcus bacteria causes...
Gonorrhea
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A chronic disease of insulin deficiency or resistance
Diabetes mellitus
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A critical illness resulting in the sudden cessation of kidney function
Renal failure
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A condition characterized by alternating periods of constipation and diarrhea
Spastic colon
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An encircled lesion in the mucous lining of the stomach
Peptic ulcer
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An anal crack or splitting of the lining of the anus
Fissure
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A condition characterized by frequent liquid stool
Diarrhea
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A congenital anemia occurring primarily among African Americans about one in ten carry the abnormal gene
Sickle cell
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The most potent stimulus to increasing coronary blood flow is...
Local myocardial hypoxia
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A physician who treats skin disease and disorders
Dermatologist
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An agent that produces disease
Pathogenic
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Diabetes mellitus is a disease that involves the...
Pancreas
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A medical specialty in which radioactive substances are used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
Nuclear medicine
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A medical specialty in which the diagnosis and treatment of maladies of the musculoskeletal system
Orthopaedic surgery
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Term for dissolving bone
Osteolysis
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Inflammation of the renal pelvis
Pyelonephritis
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Term used for a good condition involving white blood cells
Leukemia
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Between the ribs
Intercostal
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Inside the cells
Intracellular
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Term for inflammation of the liver
Hepatitis
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A malignant tumor
Carcinoma
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A malignant tumor of the epithelium
Carcinoma
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Study of diseases
Pathology
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High blood pressure
Hypertension
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A tumor of the muscle
Myoma
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Slow heart beat
Bradycardia
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Term for infection
Sepsis
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Term for lessening of symptoms
Remission
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Term for recurrence of symptoms
Relapse
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A decrease in all blood cells
Pancytopenia
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Growth of cancer cells from one tissue to another
Metastasis
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Liver enlargement
Hepatomegaly
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An abnormal increase in red cells
Erthrocytosis
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One who studies diseases
Pathologist
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Inflammation of the joint and bone
Osteoarthritis
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Term meaning any uterine disorder
Hysteropathy
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A state of hypersensitivity
Allergy
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Diseases of the red blood cells
Anemias

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