PCH 265 MIDTERM SCSU EXAM WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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
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
-affects the connective tissues
can be debilitating
Scleroderma - answer an autoimmune disorder in which the connective tissues become
thickened and hardened, causing the skin to become hard and swollen
Sjogren's syndrome - answer autoimmune destruction of minor salivary glands and
lacrimal glands
AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) - answer Immune system disease caused
by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which over a period of years weakens the
capacity of the immune system to fight off infection so that weight loss and weakness
set in and other afflictions such as cancer or pneumonia may hasten an infected
person's demise
HIV - answer the virus that causes AIDS
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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
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
-affects the connective tissues
can be debilitating
Scleroderma - answer an autoimmune disorder in which the connective tissues become
thickened and hardened, causing the skin to become hard and swollen
Sjogren's syndrome - answer autoimmune destruction of minor salivary glands and
lacrimal glands
AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) - answer Immune system disease caused
by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which over a period of years weakens the
capacity of the immune system to fight off infection so that weight loss and weakness
set in and other afflictions such as cancer or pneumonia may hasten an infected
person's demise
HIV - answer the virus that causes AIDS
