quiz 11

Question 1

cystitis

Answer 1

• Inflammation of the bladder
• caused by a bacterial infection and it’s called a urinary tract infection (UTI)

Question 2

glomerulonephritis

Answer 2

• Inflammation of the tiny filters in your kidneys
• Glomeruli remove excess fluid, electrolytes and waste from your bloodstream and pass them into your urine

Question 3

hydronephrosis

Answer 3

• Swelling of the kidney resulting from the inability of urine to drain from the kidney into the bladder
• Occurs from urinary calculi, tumor, enlarged prostate, obstruction of the renal pelvis

Question 4

nephrolithiasis

Answer 4

• formation of kidney stones present in the urinary system
• stones form when your urine contains more crystal forming substances, such as calcium, oxalate and uric acid, than the fluid in your urine can dilute

Question 5

pyelitis

Answer 5

• Inflammation of the renal pelvis
• Commonly occurs in your children (girls)

Question 6

renal calculi

Answer 6

a kidney stone

Question 7

renal cell carcinoma

Answer 7

• disease in which malignant cells form in tubules of the kidney
• Often starts as just one tumor in a kidney, sometimes it begins as several tumors, or its found in both kidneys at once

Question 8

uremia

Answer 8

• Toxic condition associated with renal insufficiency
• Produced by retention of nitrogenous substances in the blood waste products not excreted by the kidney

Question 9

alzheimer’s disease

Answer 9

• neurodegenerative disorder marked by cognitive and behavioral impairment that significantly interferes with social and occupational functioning
• Its a type of dementia

Question 10

creutzfeldt jacob disease

Answer 10

• Degenerative brain disorder that leads to dementia and ultimately death
• Rapid deterioration
• No known cause
• May occur spontaneously, be inherited, or by transmission from contact with infected

Question 11

dementia

Answer 11

• collective term used to describe various symptoms of cognitive decline such as forgetfulness
• Symptom of several underlying diseases and brain disorders

Question 12

encephalitis

Answer 12

• Inflammation of the brain
• Most common cause is viral infection
• Most cases have flu like symptoms

Question 13

epilepsy

Answer 13

• Neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain
• Seizure symptoms

Question 14

hemorrhagic stroke

Answer 14

• results from a weakened vessel that ruptures and bleeds into the surrounding brain.
• The blood accumulates and composes the surrounding brain tissue

Question 15

ischemic stroke

Answer 15

• occurs when a clot or a mass clogs a blood vessel, cutting off the blood flow to brain cells.
• The underlying condition for this type of obstruction - development of fatty deposits lining the vessel walls (atherosclerosis)

Question 16

meningitis

Answer 16

• inflammation of the membranes (meninges) surrounding your brain and spinal cord
• Most cases by a viral infection but bacterial and fungal infections are other possible causes
• mimic flu

Question 17

multiple sclerosis

Answer 17

• Potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system)
• The immune system attacks the protective sheath (myelin) that covers nerve fibers and causes communication problems between the brain and the rest of the body

Question 18

myelitis

Answer 18

• Inflammation of the spinal cord

Question 19

rabies

Answer 19

• deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of infected animals
• Rabies virus is usually transmitted through a bite
• skunk most fatal

Question 20

transient ischemic attack

Answer 20

• (TIA) sometimes called a mini stroke.
• Happens when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or reduced often by a blood clot - last a short time, blood flows again and the symptoms go away.
• Attack may be a warning of something else