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MDCA 1302 Final review Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question: Signs of a disease are
Ans✅ ✅: objective findings, something you measure, something you can see.
Question: Definition of a syndrome.
Ans✅ ✅: A group of signs and symptoms appearing concurrently.
Question: The determination of a disease in order to affect treatment
Ans✅ ✅: Diagnosis.
Question: When the etiology of a disease is said to be unknown, what is
it?
Ans✅ ✅: Idiopathic.
Question: Inflammatory response and the immune response are a part
of what system?
Ans✅ ✅: Body's natural defense.
Question: Homeostasis refers to what?
Ans✅ ✅: internal balance between systems of the body.
Question: Fancy term that means "cause of a disease".
Ans✅ ✅: Etiology.
Question: The swelling that occurs when fluid moves into an area of
localized inflammation are termed: (Latin term)
Ans✅ ✅: Tumor.
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Question: The heat produced in an area of inflammation is known as:
(Latin term)
Ans✅ ✅: Calor.
Question: What is the term that refers to "The source of an illness or
abnormal condition, together with its development", is?
Ans✅ ✅: Pathogenesis
Question: Patients may have the presence of a disease without feeling
or knowing it. What is the term used to describe this possibility:
Ans✅ ✅: Asymptomatic.
Question: The fluid mixture of protein, leukocytes, and debris (liquified
dead tissue) is medically called:
Ans✅ ✅: Exudate.
Question: Of the following, which would be considered a symptom?
Ans✅ ✅: Dolor (pain).
Question: The expected outcome of the disease is known as what?
Ans✅ ✅: Prognosis.
Question: The type of disorder that is present at birth is classified as
a(an)________ disease.
Ans✅ ✅: Congenital.
Question: The term applied to an organism that causes a disease is:
Ans✅ ✅: Pathogen.
Question: When the signs and symptoms of a chronic disease subside,
the patient is said to be:
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Ans✅ ✅: In remission.
Question: Diseases that are transmitted from human to human are
known as?
Ans✅ ✅: Communicable.
Question: The best and most effective means of preventing the spread
of pathogens by health care workers is:
Ans✅ ✅: Hand washing.
Question: Which of the following relationships benefits one element
without harm to the other element.
Ans✅ ✅: Commensalism.
Question: A gram-negative organism ______ and takes on a ______
color when stained.
Ans✅ ✅: has an extra membrane layer, red.
Question: A patient presents with jaundice, dark urine, and clay-colored
stools is generally diagnosed with:
Ans✅ ✅: Hepatitis.
Question: The general rule of the "Five Fs" pertains to the GI disorder
known as:
Ans✅ ✅: Cholelithiasis.
Question: Blood in the vomit from an ulcerative stomach disorder is
medically termed:
Ans✅ ✅: Hematemesis.
Question: The protrusion of the fundus of the stomach through the
diaphragm is known as:
MDCA 1302 Final review Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question: Signs of a disease are
Ans✅ ✅: objective findings, something you measure, something you can see.
Question: Definition of a syndrome.
Ans✅ ✅: A group of signs and symptoms appearing concurrently.
Question: The determination of a disease in order to affect treatment
Ans✅ ✅: Diagnosis.
Question: When the etiology of a disease is said to be unknown, what is
it?
Ans✅ ✅: Idiopathic.
Question: Inflammatory response and the immune response are a part
of what system?
Ans✅ ✅: Body's natural defense.
Question: Homeostasis refers to what?
Ans✅ ✅: internal balance between systems of the body.
Question: Fancy term that means "cause of a disease".
Ans✅ ✅: Etiology.
Question: The swelling that occurs when fluid moves into an area of
localized inflammation are termed: (Latin term)
Ans✅ ✅: Tumor.
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Question: The heat produced in an area of inflammation is known as:
(Latin term)
Ans✅ ✅: Calor.
Question: What is the term that refers to "The source of an illness or
abnormal condition, together with its development", is?
Ans✅ ✅: Pathogenesis
Question: Patients may have the presence of a disease without feeling
or knowing it. What is the term used to describe this possibility:
Ans✅ ✅: Asymptomatic.
Question: The fluid mixture of protein, leukocytes, and debris (liquified
dead tissue) is medically called:
Ans✅ ✅: Exudate.
Question: Of the following, which would be considered a symptom?
Ans✅ ✅: Dolor (pain).
Question: The expected outcome of the disease is known as what?
Ans✅ ✅: Prognosis.
Question: The type of disorder that is present at birth is classified as
a(an)________ disease.
Ans✅ ✅: Congenital.
Question: The term applied to an organism that causes a disease is:
Ans✅ ✅: Pathogen.
Question: When the signs and symptoms of a chronic disease subside,
the patient is said to be:
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Ans✅ ✅: In remission.
Question: Diseases that are transmitted from human to human are
known as?
Ans✅ ✅: Communicable.
Question: The best and most effective means of preventing the spread
of pathogens by health care workers is:
Ans✅ ✅: Hand washing.
Question: Which of the following relationships benefits one element
without harm to the other element.
Ans✅ ✅: Commensalism.
Question: A gram-negative organism ______ and takes on a ______
color when stained.
Ans✅ ✅: has an extra membrane layer, red.
Question: A patient presents with jaundice, dark urine, and clay-colored
stools is generally diagnosed with:
Ans✅ ✅: Hepatitis.
Question: The general rule of the "Five Fs" pertains to the GI disorder
known as:
Ans✅ ✅: Cholelithiasis.
Question: Blood in the vomit from an ulcerative stomach disorder is
medically termed:
Ans✅ ✅: Hematemesis.
Question: The protrusion of the fundus of the stomach through the
diaphragm is known as:
