Human Disease (chapters 1-4)
A lower respiratory infection consists of? - correct answer-The chest area / lungs (more
severe)
An upper respiratory infection consists of? - correct answer-Head/neck area
Antibiotic - correct answer-Medicine that fights off bacteria. Example : Penicillin
Antibody (ies) - correct answer-What your body produces as a defense mechanism
Can a cell die? - correct answer-Yes. Due to factors such as the environment, stresses and
change
Congenial and hereditary are known as what type of diseases? - correct answer-Genetic
diseases
Degenerative Disease - correct answer-A disease that causes a breakdown of the body
cells, tissues, and organs as it progresses
Environment - correct answer-Weather, pollutants, antibiotics, vectors
Hippocrates (460-377 b.c.) did what for medicine? - correct answer-His research concluded
that individuals contained 4 humors (liquids); blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile
Host - correct answer-An organism in which bacteria or parasites live
How do you fight disease? - correct answer-Nutrition
Sleep
Exercise
Diet
Stress Management
How does direct contact transmit pathogens? - correct answer-The touching of two
individuals. can be transmitted sexually
How does ingestion transmit pathogens? - correct answer-Food borne diseases. Bacteria
such as e-coli
How does inhalation transmit pathogens? - correct answer-Sneezing, coughing
How many classifications of disease are there? - correct answer-5
How many innate immunity self defense mechanisms do we have? - correct answer-4
Natural Barriers ( anatomic like the skin )
Psychological Barriers ( temperature, pH )
, Phagocytotic Barriers ( monocytes, neutrophil,
macrophage )
Inflammatory Barrier ( fluid with antibacterial
property )
How many stages of diseases are there and what are they? - correct answer-5
Incubation (time between when bacteria enters to
first symptoms)
Prodrome (general symptoms occur)
Clinical (characteristic symptoms appear, peak of
disease)
Decline (symptoms begin to fade and you feel
better)
Convalescent (return back to normal health)
How many types of helminths are there? - correct answer-3
Nematodes (pinworm, roundworm)
Cestodes (tapeworms)
Trematodes (flukes)
How many ways can pathogens be carried? - correct answer-6
Fomites
Vector
Direct Contact
Inhalation
Ingestion
Inoculation
Inflammatory Disease - correct answer-Body reacts to an injurious agent by means of
inflammation. Example : sore throat, hay fever, pneumonia
Metabolic Disease - correct answer-Disease, such as type 1 diabetes, that results from an
error in a biochemical pathway
Neoplastic Disease - correct answer-Diseases that result in new, abnormal tissue growth
Pathogen - correct answer-A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause
disease.
The principle of disease consists of what 3 things? - correct answer-Host, pathogen, and
environment
The strength of our immune system is based off of what three things? - correct
answer-Genes, diet and exercise, and our sleep schedule
Types of lower respiratory infections - correct answer-Bronchi - bronchitis
Lung - pneumonia
Lung membrane - Pleurisy
A lower respiratory infection consists of? - correct answer-The chest area / lungs (more
severe)
An upper respiratory infection consists of? - correct answer-Head/neck area
Antibiotic - correct answer-Medicine that fights off bacteria. Example : Penicillin
Antibody (ies) - correct answer-What your body produces as a defense mechanism
Can a cell die? - correct answer-Yes. Due to factors such as the environment, stresses and
change
Congenial and hereditary are known as what type of diseases? - correct answer-Genetic
diseases
Degenerative Disease - correct answer-A disease that causes a breakdown of the body
cells, tissues, and organs as it progresses
Environment - correct answer-Weather, pollutants, antibiotics, vectors
Hippocrates (460-377 b.c.) did what for medicine? - correct answer-His research concluded
that individuals contained 4 humors (liquids); blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile
Host - correct answer-An organism in which bacteria or parasites live
How do you fight disease? - correct answer-Nutrition
Sleep
Exercise
Diet
Stress Management
How does direct contact transmit pathogens? - correct answer-The touching of two
individuals. can be transmitted sexually
How does ingestion transmit pathogens? - correct answer-Food borne diseases. Bacteria
such as e-coli
How does inhalation transmit pathogens? - correct answer-Sneezing, coughing
How many classifications of disease are there? - correct answer-5
How many innate immunity self defense mechanisms do we have? - correct answer-4
Natural Barriers ( anatomic like the skin )
Psychological Barriers ( temperature, pH )
, Phagocytotic Barriers ( monocytes, neutrophil,
macrophage )
Inflammatory Barrier ( fluid with antibacterial
property )
How many stages of diseases are there and what are they? - correct answer-5
Incubation (time between when bacteria enters to
first symptoms)
Prodrome (general symptoms occur)
Clinical (characteristic symptoms appear, peak of
disease)
Decline (symptoms begin to fade and you feel
better)
Convalescent (return back to normal health)
How many types of helminths are there? - correct answer-3
Nematodes (pinworm, roundworm)
Cestodes (tapeworms)
Trematodes (flukes)
How many ways can pathogens be carried? - correct answer-6
Fomites
Vector
Direct Contact
Inhalation
Ingestion
Inoculation
Inflammatory Disease - correct answer-Body reacts to an injurious agent by means of
inflammation. Example : sore throat, hay fever, pneumonia
Metabolic Disease - correct answer-Disease, such as type 1 diabetes, that results from an
error in a biochemical pathway
Neoplastic Disease - correct answer-Diseases that result in new, abnormal tissue growth
Pathogen - correct answer-A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause
disease.
The principle of disease consists of what 3 things? - correct answer-Host, pathogen, and
environment
The strength of our immune system is based off of what three things? - correct
answer-Genes, diet and exercise, and our sleep schedule
Types of lower respiratory infections - correct answer-Bronchi - bronchitis
Lung - pneumonia
Lung membrane - Pleurisy
