Lesson 8.1 Key Terms

Question 1

Biomedical science

Answer 1

The application of the principles of natural sciences , especially biology and physiology, to clinical medicine

Question 2

Blood pressure

Answer 2

The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood and expressed in millimeters of mercury

Question 3

Contagious

Answer 3

communicable by contact

Question 4

Diagnose

Answer 4

to recognize a disease by signs and symptoms

Question 5

Diastolic pressure

Answer 5

Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions

Question 6

Epidemic

Answer 6

An infectious disease that spreads rapidly and sickens a large number of people

Question 7

Heart rate

Answer 7

A measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of bears per minute

Question 8

Homeostasis

Answer 8

The ability of an organism or cell to maintain equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes in order to function properly

Question 9

Hyperthermia

Answer 9

Overheating of the body, possibly due to extreme weather conditions

Question 10

Hypertension

Answer 10

High blood pressure

Question 11

Hypothermia

Answer 11

Abnormally low body temp

Question 12

Infection

Answer 12

The state produced by the establishment of and infective agent in or on a suitable host

Question 13

Inoculation

Answer 13

The intro of a pathogen or antigen into a living organism to stimulate they production of antibodies

Question 14

Outbreak

Answer 14

A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease

Question 15

Pathogen

Answer 15

Any disease producing agent such as a virus, bacteria, or parasite

Question 16

Pulse

Answer 16

The rhythmic expansion and recoil of arteries resulting from heart contraction;can be felt from outside of body

Question 17

Symptom

Answer 17

Something that Indicates the presence of a bodily disorder

Question 18

Systolic pressure

Answer 18

The blood pressure generated by the heart during contraction

Question 19

Vaccine

Answer 19

A harmless variant of a pathogen that stimulates a hosts immune system to mount defense against the pathogen

Question 20

Virus

Answer 20

A sub microscopic particle that must infect living plant or animal cells to reproduce

Question 21

Vital signs

Answer 21

Measurements of the body’s most basic functions and useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems