PCH 265 MIDTERM SCSU - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
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Health Answer - the state of being free from illness or injury.
disease Answer - An abnormal state in which the body is not functioning
normally
How to recognize disease? Answer - Signs (fever) and Symptoms (nausea)
Course of a disease? Answer - a description of a disease or other condition
often using incidence, prevalence, and case-fatality
Prevelance Answer - The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease
or condition present in a population at a given time.
Incidence Answer - The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition
during a specific time.
acute Answer - New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Etiology Answer - cause of disease
Pathogenisis Answer - development of disease
, idiopathic Answer - unknown cause
lesion Answer - damaged gene, enzyme, cells, tissues or organs
risk factors Answer - factors linked with a disease by association but not yet
proved to be causes.
immunity Answer - Resistance to disease
non-specific immunity Answer - innate
Specific Immunity Answer - Acquired or adaptive immunity: recognize specific
agents, adapt/respond and target these agent
physical immunity Answer - physically bars pathogens from entering the body
chemical barriers to infection Answer - -saliva, tears, and mucus which all
contain the enzyme lysozyme, which degrades bacterial cell walls and causes
them to lyse, or burst
-cells continuously secrete antimicrobial peptides into the bloodstream
cellular defenses Answer - take over when physical barriers are breached;
includes the formed elements and leukocytes
humoral immunity Answer - antibody-mediated immunity
UPDATE | 10% CORRECT.
Health Answer - the state of being free from illness or injury.
disease Answer - An abnormal state in which the body is not functioning
normally
How to recognize disease? Answer - Signs (fever) and Symptoms (nausea)
Course of a disease? Answer - a description of a disease or other condition
often using incidence, prevalence, and case-fatality
Prevelance Answer - The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease
or condition present in a population at a given time.
Incidence Answer - The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition
during a specific time.
acute Answer - New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Etiology Answer - cause of disease
Pathogenisis Answer - development of disease
, idiopathic Answer - unknown cause
lesion Answer - damaged gene, enzyme, cells, tissues or organs
risk factors Answer - factors linked with a disease by association but not yet
proved to be causes.
immunity Answer - Resistance to disease
non-specific immunity Answer - innate
Specific Immunity Answer - Acquired or adaptive immunity: recognize specific
agents, adapt/respond and target these agent
physical immunity Answer - physically bars pathogens from entering the body
chemical barriers to infection Answer - -saliva, tears, and mucus which all
contain the enzyme lysozyme, which degrades bacterial cell walls and causes
them to lyse, or burst
-cells continuously secrete antimicrobial peptides into the bloodstream
cellular defenses Answer - take over when physical barriers are breached;
includes the formed elements and leukocytes
humoral immunity Answer - antibody-mediated immunity
