Disease and Disorders Flashcards
Do all microorganisms cause disease?
No
What rate of bacteria is affected by changes in temp, nutrition and pH?
Reproductive rate
True or false: most fungi do not cause disease in humans
True
A roundworm that enters the human body in infected meat eaten raw or undercooked
Trichinella spiralis
Can untreated strep serious and lead to complications?
Yes
A substance used to impart color to tissue or cells in order to study and identify microscopic organisms
Stain
Bacteria that are gram positive stain what color?
Purple
The study of all factors that cause disease
Etiology
An area of dead tissue caused by a lack of oxygen
Infarction
Diseases cause by an error in the individual’s genetic makeup
Hereditary disease
Example of viral infection
Chicken pox
Anthrax and scarlet fever are what type on infections?
Bacterial infections of the skin
Most common type of anemia
Iron anemia
The sudden onset of a disease marked by intensity
Acute
Thrombophlebitis occurs most commonly in…
The lower legs
Th develop gradually and persistent for a long period, often the remainder of a person’s life
Chronic
The primary source of histamine and heparin
Mast cells
Red shaped bacteria
Bacilli
Spherical bacteria
Cocci
Bacteria in which the rods or filaments tend to fragment into chains
Streptobacilli
A precancerous lesion which occurs on the mucous membrane of the tongue and common in smokers
Leukoplakia
When the heart is unable to pump adequate amounts of blood to the tissues and organs
Cardiac failure
The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and nerve disorders
Neurology
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
Meningitis
A decrease in the left ventricular end diastolic pressure would be least expected in patients with…
Acute myocardial infarction
A quick rising and collapsing (water hammer) pulse is characteristic of…
Aortic regurgitation
With a heartbeat, a lift or heave is the rise of what?
Sternum
Hypertension in adults is a BP greater than…
140/90mmHg
Refers to the area of the Chevy overlying the heart
Precordium
A slow rising and sustained carotid pulse is a characteristic of…
Aortic stenosis
There may be heralded by visual disturbances, may be continuous, lasting for weeks, and may be aggravated by oral contraceptives
Migraines
There may be conjunctival injection and tearing of the eye on the side involved
Cluster headaches
Most common type of headache
Tension headache
Variation in the shape of the red cells would be indicated as…
Poikilocytosis
An example of hemolytic disease found in newborns characterized by anemia, jaundice, and liver and spleen enlargement
Erythroblastosis fetalis
A blocking of an artery by a clot
Thrombotic occlusion
An inflammation of the skin usually causing itching and sometimes accompanied by scaling or blisters
Eczema
Directly associated with restricted blood flow the the heart
Coronary artery disease
A congenital defect consisting of the absence of a vertebral arch of the spinal column
Spina bifida
Paralysis of the lower limbs and varying degrees of the lower trunk
Paraplegia
A seizure disorder affecting 1-2% of the population and is associated with electrical impulses from the neurons of the brain
Epilepsy
Persons incapable of forming melanin
Albino
What has linked idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura with catastrophic lysis of playlets in the free circulation
Increasing evidence
Occurs only after the administration of foreign serums to human beings
Serum sickness
Those sensitized to red blood cell antigens by prior transfusion or pregnancy are at risk for…
Hemolytic reactions to blood transfusion
Manifests as recurrent bouts of edema involving peripheral structures as well as the larynx and bowel
Hereditary angiedema (HANE)
Associated with red, raised, scaling areas involving the cheeks, scalp, and diaper area
Infantile eczema
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
A condition indicating that certain elements are lacking in the blood
Anemia
A mysterious condition which kills apparently healthy infants between the ages of 4 weeks and 7 months
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
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
A metabolic bone disorder affecting post menopausal women characterized by the loss of calcium and phosphate from the bone
Osteoporosis
A chronic inflammatory disease attacking joints and surrounding tissues, it is an intermittent disease with periods of remission
Rheumatoid arthritis
A contagious, superficial skin infection, usually seen in young children
Impetigo
A condition of excessive intraocular pressure which results in atrophy of the optic nerve
Glaucoma
A gradually developing cloudiness of the lens, occurring most frequently in persons over 70
Cataracts
The tissue change associated with uncomplicated asthma
Smooth muscle spasm and mucosal edema
Gonococcus bacteria causes…
Gonorrhea
A chronic disease of insulin deficiency or resistance
Diabetes mellitus
A critical illness resulting in the sudden cessation of kidney function
Renal failure
A condition characterized by alternating periods of constipation and diarrhea
Spastic colon
An encircled lesion in the mucous lining of the stomach
Peptic ulcer
An anal crack or splitting of the lining of the anus
Fissure
A condition characterized by frequent liquid stool
Diarrhea
A congenital anemia occurring primarily among African Americans about one in ten carry the abnormal gene
Sickle cell
The most potent stimulus to increasing coronary blood flow is…
Local myocardial hypoxia
A physician who treats skin disease and disorders
Dermatologist
An agent that produces disease
Pathogenic
Diabetes mellitus is a disease that involves the…
Pancreas
A medical specialty in which radioactive substances are used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
Nuclear medicine
A medical specialty in which the diagnosis and treatment of maladies of the musculoskeletal system
Orthopaedic surgery
Term for dissolving bone
Osteolysis
Inflammation of the renal pelvis
Pyelonephritis
Term used for a good condition involving white blood cells
Leukemia
Between the ribs
Intercostal
Inside the cells
Intracellular
Term for inflammation of the liver
Hepatitis
A malignant tumor
Carcinoma
A malignant tumor of the epithelium
Carcinoma
Study of diseases
Pathology
High blood pressure
Hypertension
A tumor of the muscle
Myoma
Slow heart beat
Bradycardia
Term for infection
Sepsis
Term for lessening of symptoms
Remission
Term for recurrence of symptoms
Relapse
A decrease in all blood cells
Pancytopenia
Growth of cancer cells from one tissue to another
Metastasis
Liver enlargement
Hepatomegaly
An abnormal increase in red cells
Erthrocytosis
One who studies diseases
Pathologist
Inflammation of the joint and bone
Osteoarthritis
Term meaning any uterine disorder
Hysteropathy
A state of hypersensitivity
Allergy
Diseases of the red blood cells
Anemias
