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Which of the following is a symptom?
A high fever of 102° F
A headache
A heart pulse increase to 150 bpm
Increased blood glucose level
What are some requirements to be an effective pathogen?
A way to enter host cells
Having genetic material
Avoiding the immune system of the host
All of the above
It is said that the first person to get Covid-19 was from a bat. The bat would be considered a _______
What is the difference between a virus and a bacteria?
A bacteria is not a pathogen while viruses are pathogens
Bacteria do not destroy their host cell while viruses do destroy their host cell
Bacteria contain DNA while viruses contain RNA
A bacteria is considered an organism, while viruses are not living
Which one of the virus types are less prominent/ not as common as the other
Fungi
Virus
Bacteria
Worms
How are bacteria and fungi similar?
They are both typically eukaryotic.
They both have genetic material
They are both the same shape
They are not similar at all
Which of these is false about prehistoric people?
They were fine dissecting human specimens
They did not always have a safe shelter to sleep
They had to find food and water to survive
Their diets were very imbalanced and lead to other health problems
Hippocrates was an Ancient Greek who believed in balance theory, in that there were _ humors that need to stay in balance in order to stay healthy
Which of the following is not a medical contribution that ancient civilizations discovered?
They discovered the circulation of blood
They kept medical records of patients
They created a way to transport clean water for the public
They had some rudimentary surgeries
What is the definition of homeostasis
It is the opposite as being healthy
The process in which our body remains stable
It is the development of disease in the body
It is when a lesion appears on the body
What is an anatomical pathologist?
A person who treats patients who are sick
A medical researcher who works in the lab looking at cells and chemicals to detect any abnormalities
A medical researcher who performs autopsies to determine the cause of death
A medical professional who specializes in knowing what a certain organ does
A stomach cramp that lasts for 30 minutes would be ______ versus cancer that lasts 5 years would be chronic
Which one of these is not a risk factor in disease?
Age
Ability to break dance
Living Conditions
Genetics
If on the body or on an organ there is a lesion that abnormality would be considered what?
Functional
Endogenous
Structural
Embryotic
Explain the difference between structural and functional diseases. Make sure to include one example of each in your explanation.
If your body accidentally secreted too much serotonin and caused you to have muscle spasms, what kind of disease would that be?
Formal
Structural
Endocronic
Genetic
Can a disease be both formal and structural and why?
No, they are separate and have opposite definitions
No, formal only occurs after the recovery while structural occurs during the disease
Yes, the abnormality may be one thing while the manifestation is the other
Yes, if a lesion appears and suddenly disappears it is both
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the elderly and newborns were more prone to getting more sick than others. Their age would be considered a what?
Which of the following is not a part of pathogensis?
Abnormalities
Consolidation
Cause of Disease
Manifestation
What is the pathophysiology?
The study of how disease affect the body
An alternative type of medicine that uses crystals and internet professionals
The practice of medicine
The study of all the body parts
Which would NOT be considered exogenous?
Being bitten by a dog that has rabies
Getting shortness of breath from air pollution
Getting skin cancer from the sun's UV rays
Getting scurvy from a lack of vitamin C
Which of the following is not considered a modern breakthrough in medicine/patho?
Nano-pathophysiology
EKG machines
Clean water supply
X-rays
Which of the following does not describe a clinical pathologist?
A medical professional who works mainly in the lab.
A person who uses computers and technology to analyze tissue samples.
A scientist researching how certain chemicals affect cells.
A medical professional who does autopsies
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