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Pathology

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The study of disease

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Signs

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Objective abnormalities that can be seen or measured by someone other than the patient

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Symptoms

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The subjective abnormalities felt only by the patient

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Syndrome

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A collection of different signs and symptoms
- presents a distinct picture of a pathological condition

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Acute

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Signs and symptoms appear suddenly and persist for a short time, then disappear

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Chronic

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Disease that develops slowly and last for a long time

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Subacute

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A disease with characteristics of somewhere between acute and chronic

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Etiology

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Study of all factors involved in causing disease

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Idiopathic

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Undetermined cause of disease

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Communicable or infectious

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Disease that can be transmitted from one individual to another

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Etiology

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Refers to the theory of a diseases cause

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Pathogenesis

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The pattern of a diseased development

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Latent

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“Hidden”

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Incubation

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Latent stage

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Convalescence

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Recovery

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Remission

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Reversal of symptoms/ reversal of a chronic disease

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Epidemiology

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The study of the occurrence, distribution, and transmission of diseases in humans

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Endemic

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A disease that is native to a local region

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Epidemic

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A diseases that spreads to many individuals at the same time within a defined geographic region

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Pandemics

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Epidemics that spread throughout the world

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Casual relationships

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Establish the cause of a disease outbreak

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Coincidental relationships

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Events that coincide by chance

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Morbidity

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Information on disease rates in specific populations

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Mortality

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Numbers of deaths caused by specific diseases

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Pathophysiology

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The study of underlying physiological processes associated with disease

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Genetic mutism

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Altered or mutated genes that cause production of abnormal proteins

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Infectious mechanism

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Pathogenic organisms or particles that damage the body is some way

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Parasite

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An organism that lives in or on another organism to obtain its nutrients

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Neoplasticism mechanism

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Abnormal tissue growths that can cause a variety of physiological disturbances

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Traumatic mechanism

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Physical and chemical agents that can affect the normal homeostasis of the body

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Metabolic mechanism

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Endocrine imbalances or malnutrition that cause insufficient or imbalanced intake of nutrients

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Degeneration

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Breaking apart of tissues

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Inflammatory mechanisms

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Autoimmunity and inflammation

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Autoimmunity

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Faulty response or over reaction of the immune system that causes it to attack the body

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Inflammation

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Common response of the body to disturbances

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Rick factors for diseases

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Genetic factors (gene pool, inherited traits), age, lifestyle, stress, environmental factors, preexisting conditions

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Microbes

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Microscopic organisms

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Viruses

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Intercellular parasites that consist of a nuclear can acid core surrounded by a protein coat

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Prions

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Pathogenic protein molecules that convert normal proteins of the body into abnormal proteins

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Bacterium

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Tiny, primitive cell without a nucleus

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Aerobic

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Requiring oxygen for their metabolism

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Anaerobic

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Requiring an absence of oxygen

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Ways to classify bacteria

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Growth requirements, staining properties, shape and size

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Bacilli (rods)

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Bacterium:
Bacillus organisms, clostridium organisms, enterobacteria organisms, pseudomonas organisms

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Cocci (spheres)

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Bacterium:
Staphylococcus organisms, streptococcus organisms, neisseria organisms

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Curved or spiral rod

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Bacterium:
Vibrio organisms, campylobacter organisms, spirochetes

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Small bacterium

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Bacterium:
Rickettsia organisms, chlamydia organisms

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Bacilli shape

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Large, rod-shaped cells

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Cocci shape

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Large, round bacteria (found in pairs or strings)

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Curved or spiral rods shapes

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Curved rods arranged singly or in strands

Large curved or spiral cells arranged singly or in cell colonies

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Small bacteria shapes

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Round or oval (very very very tiny)

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Spores

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Bacteria can develop into resistant dormant state and grow again when conditions allow

Resistant to chemicals, heat, and dry, arid conditions

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Archaea

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Like bacteria but differ in their chemical makeup and metabolism. Thrive in harsh environments (none have been proven to cause disease yet)

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Fungi

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A group of simple organisms similar to plants but without chlorophyll

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Yeasts

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Small single celled fungi

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Mold

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Large multi cellular fungi

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Protozoa

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One celled organisms that are larger than bacteria and DNA is organized in the nucleus

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Amoebas shape

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Large cells of changing shape
Pseudopodia (false feet that move/ pull it around)

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Flagellates shape

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Similar to amoebas but move by wiggling along
Flagella (whiplike extensions)

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Ciliates shape

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Round
Cilia (short haired like projections that move it along)

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Sporozoa shape

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Unusual organelles at their tips that allow them to enter host cells (coccidia)

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Amoeba

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Entamoeba organisms:
Diarrhea, amebic dysentery, liver and lung infections

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Flagellate

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Giardia organisms:
Giardiasis, diarrhea, and malabsorption syndrome

Trichomonas organisms:
Trichomonas, vaginitis, urinary tract infections

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Cillate

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Balantidium organisms:
Gastrointestinal disturbances (pain, nausea, anorexia)

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Sporozoan (coccidium)

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Isospora organisms:
Isosporiasis infection of the gastrointestinal tract, diarrhea, and malabsorption syndrome

Plasmodium organisms:
Malaria

Toxoplasma organisms:
Toxoplamosis and congenital damage to fetus

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Candida organisms

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Classified as fungus

Thrush and mucous membranes infections (vaginal yeast infections)

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Epidermophyton and microsporangia organisms

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Classified as fungus

Tinea infections (ringworm, jock itch, athletes foot)

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Histoplasma organisms

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Classified as fungus

Histoplasmosis

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Aspergillosis organisms

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Classified as fungus

Aspergillosis and pneumonia

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Coccidioides organisms

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Classified as fungus

Coccidioidomycosis (San Joaquin fever)

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Bacillus organisms

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Classified as bacteria

Anthrax and gastroenteritis

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Clostridium organisms

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Classified as bacteria

Botulism, tetanus, and soft tissue infections

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Enterobacteria organisms

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Classified as a bacteria

Salmonella, diseases and gastroenteritis

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Pseudomonas organisms

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Classified as a bacteria

External otitis (swimmers ear), endocarditis, and pulmonary infections

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Staphylococcus organisms

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Classified as a bacteria

Staphylococci infections, food poisoning, urinary tract infections, toxic shock syndrome

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Streptococcus organisms

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Classified as a bacteria

Throat infections, pneumonia, sinusitis, otitis media, rheumatic fever, dental caries

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Neisseria organisms

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Classified as a bacteria

Meningitis, gonorrhea , pelvic inflammatory disease

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Vibrio organisms

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Classified as a bacteria

Cholera, gastroenteritis, wound infections

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Campylobacter organisms

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Classified as a bacteria

Diarrhea

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Spirochetes

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Classified as a bacteria

Syphilis, Lyme disease

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Rickettsia organisms

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Classified as a bacteria

Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Q fever

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Chlamydia organisms

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Classified as a bacteria

Genital infections, lymphograniloma, venereum, pelvic inflammatory disease, conjunctivitis, parrot fever

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Metazoa

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Pathogenic animals

Large multicellular organisms

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Nematodes shape

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Large parasites (roundworms)
Transmitted though food or flies that bite

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Plathelminths shape

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Large parasites (flatworms or flukes)

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Arthropods shape

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Group of parasites
Mites, ticks, lice, fleas
Boring and stunning wasps and bees, mosquitos, and spiders

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Vector of disease

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An organism that spreads disease to another organism

One to another

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Nematode

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Animal:
Ascaris organisms, enterobius organisms, trichinella organisms

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Ascaris organisms

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Classified as a Parasite

Intentional round worm, gastrointestinal obstruction, bronchial damage

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Enterobius organisms

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Classified as a parasite

Pinworm infestation of the lower gastrointestinal tract, itching around the anus, and insomnia

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Trichnella organisms

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Classified as a parasite

Trichinosis, fever, and muscle pain

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Platyhelminth

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Animal:
Schistosome organisms, fasciola organisms, taenia organisms

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Schistosoma organisms

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Classified as a parasite

Schistosomiasis (snail fever)

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Fasciola organisms

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Classified as a parasite

Liver fluke infestation

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Taenia organisms

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Classified as a parasite

Pork and beef tapeworm infestation

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Arthropod

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Animal:
Arachnids organisms, insecta

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Arachnida organisms

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Classified as a parasite

Infestation by mites and ticks, toxic bites by spiders, scorpions, and transmission of pathogens

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Insecta

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Classified as a parasite

Infestations of fleas, ticks, toxic bites by wasps, mosquitoes, and bees, and transmission of other pathogens

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Aseptic technique

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Killing of or disabling pathogens on surfaces before they can spread to other people

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Sterilization

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Destruction of all living organisms

Ex:
Pressured steam bath, extreme temperature, radiation used to sterilize surgical equipment

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Disinfection

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Destruction of most or all pathogens on inanimate objects but on necessarily all harmless microbes

Ex:
Chemicals such as iodine, chlorine, alcohol, phenol, and soaps

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Antisepsis

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Inhabitation or inactivation of pathogens

Ex:
Chemicals such as alcohol, iodine quaternary ammonium compounds, and dyes

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Isolation

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Separation of potentially infectious people or materials from non infected people

Ex:
Quarantine, protective apparel, disposal of bodily fluids, tissues, and other materials

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Opportunistic invasion

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Pathogenic organisms that don’t cause disease until they have the opportunity

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Vaccine

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Killed or weakened pathogen or part of a pathogen given to a person to stimulate immunity

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Antibiotics

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Compounds produced by certain living organisms or in a laboratory that kill inhibit pathogens

(Penicillin)

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Bioterrorism

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A pathogen that has been intentionally distributed to healthy victims

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Inflammatory response

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Combination of processes that attempt to minimize injury to tissues (maintain homeostasis)

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Inflammatory response reasons

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Mechanical injury:
Cuts, burns

Irritants:
Chemicals, radiation, toxins released by bacteria

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Regeneration

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Tissue repair, new cells are similar to those they replace

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Replacement

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New cells are different from those they replace

Like a scar

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Fibrosis

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Fibrous tissue replaced the old tissue

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Signs of an inflammatory response

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Redness, heat, swelling, and pain

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Inflammation mediators

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Histamine, prostaglandins and compounds such as kinins

Some mediators cause blood vessels to dilate (widen) to increase blood flow to the tissue

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White blood cells

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Help to fight infections or diseases

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Edema

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Water leaking out of a vessel causing tissue to swell

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Inflammatory exudate

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Fluid that accumulates in inflamed tissue

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Chemotaxis

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The movement of white blood cells in response to a chemical attractant

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Pus

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Thickened inflammatory exudate with white blood cells, dead tissue, and bacterial cells, and other bebris

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Local

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Confined to a point/ spot/ area of the body

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Systemic

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Entire body

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Fever

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Irritant or Inflamation of the body reset the internal “thermostat” to a higher temperature to kill or inhibit pathogenic microbes

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Neoplasm

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“New matter” refers to an abnormal growth of cells

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Benign tumors

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Remain localized within the tissue from which they arose

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Malignant tumors

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Tend to spread to other regions of the body

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Benign tumor characteristics

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Grows slow, is encapsulated in dense tissue, doesn’t expand to other tissues, similar to normal tissue cells, low mortality rate

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Malignant tumor characteristics

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Grows rapidly, not encapsulated, spreads to other tissues, abnormal to the tissues in your body, high mortality rate

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Metastasis

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Cells migrate through lymphatic or blood vessels

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Papilloma

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Benign tumor (epithelial tissues)
Forms finger like projections like a wart

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Adenoma

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Benign tumor (epithelial tissue)
Glandular epithelium

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Nevus

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Benign tumor (epithelial tissues)
Small pigmented tumors of the skin

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Lipoma

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Benign tumor (connective tissues)
From adipose tissue

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Osteoma

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Benign tumor (connective tissues)
Involves bone tissues

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Chondroma

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Benign tumor (connective tissues)
Cartilage tissues

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Melanoma

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Malignant tumor (epithelial tissues)
Involves melanocytes (skin)

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Adenocarcinoma

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Malignant tumors (epithelial tissues)
Glandular epithelium

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Lymphoma

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Malignant tumors (connective tissues)
Cancer of the lymphatic tissues

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Osteosarcoma

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Malignant tumor (connective tissues)
Tumor of bone tissue

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Myeloma

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Malignant tumor (connective tissues)
Bone marrow tumor

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Fibrosarcoma

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Malignant tumors (connective tissues)
Cancer of fiberous connective tissue

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Adenofibroma

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Benign neoplasm formed by epithelial and connective tissues

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Neuroblastoma

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Malignant tumor that arises from nerve tissue

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Hyperplasia

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A process that creates too many cells

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Anaplasia

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A process of creating Abnormal, undifferentiated tumor cells

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Cachexia

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Syndrome including loss of appetite, severe weight loss, and general weakness
Usually suffered by cancer patients

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