physiological pathology ch3 ch4 (exam 1)

Question 1

bacterial colony

Answer 1

multiple microbes that originate from one mother cell gather together

Question 2

bactericide

Answer 2

destroys bacteria but not necessarily their spores

Question 3

bacteriology

Answer 3

science that studies bacteria

Question 4

bilirubin

Answer 4

red pigment in bile

Question 5

biliverdin

Answer 5

green pigment in bile

Question 6

binary fission

Answer 6

asexual reproduction in bacteria;splits into two parts to become complete individual

Question 7

biological vector

Answer 7

disease causing microbe that mulitiplies within anthropod before becoming infective

Question 8

brain purge

Answer 8

preembalming purge, from skull fracture, surgicial procedure, trauma

Question 9

cachexia

Answer 9

severe form of malnutrition

Question 10

carbuncle

Answer 10

communicating boils of skin and subcutaneous tissues with the production and discharge of pus and dead tissue

Question 11

carcinoma

Answer 11

malignant tumor

Question 12

capsule

Answer 12

membrane surrounding some bacterial cells, helps against phagocytosis

Question 13

cavitation

Answer 13

formation of cavities in an organ or tissue/ seen frequent in some forms of tuberculosis

Question 14

cellular degeneration

Answer 14

deterioration of an organ or cell structure which may include swelling

Question 15

cellular infiltration

Answer 15

cellular reaction to injury which may include pigmentation, calcification and gout

Question 16

centesis

Answer 16

suffix means perforating

Question 17

cerebral vascular accident

Answer 17

stroke.blow, sudden attack

Question 18

chancre

Answer 18

primary lesion, syphilitic sore, 1st manifestation of syphilis

Question 19

chlamydia

Answer 19

large group of nonmotile, gram -, intracellular parasites

Question 20

chol prefix

Answer 20

means bile

Question 21

chole suffix

Answer 21

means bile

Question 22

cholecystitis

Answer 22

inflammation of gallbladder

Question 23

chronic

Answer 23

disease with more less slow onset and long duration

Question 24

cirrhosis

Answer 24

scarring of tissue, degeneration/atrophy of the parenchyma cells of an organ

Question 25

cleft palate

Answer 25

congenitally malformed palate with a fissure along midline

Question 26

clinical pathology

Answer 26

study of disease by means of body secretions, excretions and other body fluids performed in the lab

Question 27

coccus (pl. cocci)

Answer 27

spherical/ovoid form of bacteria

Question 28

colitis

Answer 28

inflammation of the mucous membrane of colon

Question 29

commensalism

Answer 29

symbiotic relationship of 2 organisms of different species in which one gains some benefit but ‘t no harm is done to the other

Question 30

communicable

Answer 30

can be transmitted from one to another

Question 31

complication

Answer 31

unfavorable condition arising during course or disease

Question 32

concussion

Answer 32

immediate/temporary disturbance of brain function

Question 33

congenital

Answer 33

existing at birth or shortly after

Question 34

congenital disease

Answer 34

disease beginning before birth and is evident at time of birth

Question 35

congestion

Answer 35

accumulation of an excess of blood/tissue fluid in a body part

Question 36

contamination

Answer 36

act of introducing disease germs or infectious material into an area or substance

Question 37

contusion

Answer 37

bruise often accompanied with swelling

Question 38

cretinism

Answer 38

congenital condition due to hypothyroidism resulting in mental retardation

Question 39

cryptorchism

Answer 39

condition in which the descent of a testis into scrotum is arrested at some point in normal path

Question 40

cyanosis

Answer 40

bluish discoloration of skin/mucous membrane due to lack of oxyfen

Question 41

cyst

Answer 41

sac within or on body containing air/fluid

Question 42

prefix cyst

Answer 42

prefix means bladder

Question 43

cystitis

Answer 43

inflammation of a bladder especially urinary bladder

Question 44

decomposition

Answer 44

chemical reaction involving breaking of chemical bonds , forms two or more smaller molecules compounds from larger molecule compounds

Question 45

deficiency

Answer 45

disease due to lack of dietary or metabolic substance

Question 46

degeneration

Answer 46

deterioration of tissues with corresponding function impairments as a result of disease/injury

Question 47

dehydration

Answer 47

loss of moisture from body tissue which may occur antemortem or postmortem