PCH 265 MIDTERM SCSU - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 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
, PCH 265 MIDTERM SCSU - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | 10% CORRECT.
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
cell-mediated immunity - (answer)type of immunity produced by T cells that attack infected or abnormal
body cells ACTIVATED LYMPHOCYTES
Immunoglobins (antibodies) - (answer)plasma protiens. Antibodies bind to antigens to mark them for
destruction
Autoimmunity - (answer)reaction of immune response to one's own tissues
autoimmune disease - (answer)a condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks itself,
targeting the cells, tissues, and organs of a person's own body
Lupus - (answer)-autoimmine disease that involves the joints, skin, kidneys, nervous system, heart and
lungs
-red scaly "butterfly rash" on the face
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
, PCH 265 MIDTERM SCSU - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | 10% CORRECT.
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
cell-mediated immunity - (answer)type of immunity produced by T cells that attack infected or abnormal
body cells ACTIVATED LYMPHOCYTES
Immunoglobins (antibodies) - (answer)plasma protiens. Antibodies bind to antigens to mark them for
destruction
Autoimmunity - (answer)reaction of immune response to one's own tissues
autoimmune disease - (answer)a condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks itself,
targeting the cells, tissues, and organs of a person's own body
Lupus - (answer)-autoimmine disease that involves the joints, skin, kidneys, nervous system, heart and
lungs
-red scaly "butterfly rash" on the face
