PLTW: Lesson 1-What Is A Medical Detctive Key Terms

Question 1

Diastolic Pressure

Answer 1

Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions.

Question 2

Epidemic

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Heart Rate

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Homeostasis

Answer 4

The ability of an organism or cell to maintain equilibrium by adjusting it’s physiological processes in order to function properly.

Question 5

Hyperthermia

Answer 5

Overheating of the body, possibly due to extreme weather conditions.

Question 6

Hypertension

Answer 6

High blood pressure.

Question 7

Hypothermia

Answer 7

Abnormally low body temperature.

Question 8

Inoculation

Answer 8

The introduction of a pathogen or antigen into a living organism to stimulate the production of antibodies.

Question 9

Pathogen

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Pulse

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Systolic Pressure

Answer 11

The blood pressure generated by the heart during contraction.

Question 12

Vaccine

Answer 12

A harmless variant of a pathogen that stimulates a host’s immune system to mount defenses against the pathogen.

Question 13

Virus

Answer 13

A sub-microscopic particle the most infect living plants or animals cells to reproduce.

Question 14

Vital Signs

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Blood Pressure

Answer 15

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