Disease Process and Terminology

Question 1

Asymptomatic

Answer 1

Showing no symptoms of disease

Question 2

Homeostasis

Answer 2

Stability of the body

Question 3

Pathogenesis

Answer 3

Development of disease

Question 4

Acute

Answer 4

abrupt

Question 5

Chronic

Answer 5

Lasts longer than six months

Question 6

Predisposing factors (risk factors)

Answer 6

Makes a person/group more vulnerable to disease
ex: age, lifestyle, gender, environment, hereditary

Question 7

Acute inflammation

Answer 7

normal protective response to injury/disease, accompanied with redness, heat, swelling, pain, and loss of function

Question 8

Widespread inflammation

Answer 8

Marked by fever, malaise, and loss of appetite

Question 9

Necrosis

Answer 9

Death of tissue

Question 10

E. coli

Answer 10

Found in colon, manure: causes enteritis infection

Question 11

staph aureus

Answer 11

found in Skin, hair, interior nares,
causes wound infection, pneumonia, food poisoning, cellulitis

Question 12

Strep group a

Answer 12

Found in oropharynx, skin, perineal area;
Causes strep throat, rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, impetigo

Question 13

Strep group b

Answer 13

Genitalia causes: urinary tract infection, wound infection, endometritis

Question 14

Mycobacterium

Answer 14

Found in lungs, causes tuberculosis

Question 15

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Answer 15

found in genitourinary tract, rectum, mouth, eye;
causes gonorrhea, pelvic inflammation, infectious arthritis, conjunctivitis

Question 16

Ricketsia rickettsii

Answer 16

Wood tick, rocky mountain spotted fever

Question 17

Staph epidermidis

Answer 17

Skin, wound infection;
Bacteria

Question 18

Hepatitis A virus

Answer 18

Infectious hepatitis

Question 19

Hepatitis B

Answer 19

serum hepatitis

Question 20

Hepatitis C

Answer 20

Liver disease

Question 21

Herpes simplex

Answer 21

Cold sores, meningitis

Question 22

HIV

Answer 22

aids

Question 23

Hantavirus

Answer 23

URI infection, LRI infection, ARDS

Question 24

West Nile Virus

Answer 24

Causes fever and illness;
can cause encephalitis or meningitis or death
Caused by mosquito bites

Question 25

Aspergillus

Answer 25

Aspergillosis,
found in soil and dust

Question 26

Candida albicans

Answer 26

Causes thrush and dermatitis;
Found in mouth, skin, colon, genital tract

Question 27

Plasmodium

Answer 27

Found on mosquitos
Can cause malaria

Question 28

carcinoma

Answer 28

cancer of epethelial cells

Question 29

Sarcoma

Answer 29

Cancer of bone/muscle

Question 30

Melanoma

Answer 30

Cancer of melanin-producing cells

Question 31

Lymphoma

Answer 31

Cancer of immune system

Question 32

Metastases

Answer 32

Secondary tumors

Question 33

Immunosenescense

Answer 33

Gradual deterioration of immune system function

Question 34

Hgb

Answer 34

Measure of hemoglobin

Question 35

Hematocrit

Answer 35

Percentage of Blood volume occupied by red blood cells

Question 36

Glycohemoglobin

Answer 36

Hemoglobin with attached glucose

Question 37

ESR

Answer 37

Rate at which RBC fall out of whole blood to the bottom of test tube

Question 38

C reactive protein

Answer 38

Measures inflammation (CHD causes inflammation)

Question 38

GTT

Answer 38

Fasting blood glucose levels

Question 39

Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)

Answer 39

Record of electrical activity of the myocardium

Question 40

Echocardiogram

Answer 40

Ultrasound exam of the cardiac structure

Question 41

MRI

Answer 41

Uses a magnetic field to visualize internal structures

Question 42

CT

Answer 42

Radiographic using a scanner system

Question 43

Nociceptors

Answer 43

Pain receptors