Intro to Patho
Father of Modern Medicine
Hippocrates
Dynamic process that aims to keep the body balanced
Homeostasis
Immediate response to infection or injury
Inflammation
Universal donor
Type O
Transmission route spread through food and water
Fecal-Oral
An important development of the 20th century?
EKG machines
Three steps in Carcinogenesis
Initiation, promotion, progression
One of three alterations in Immunity
Hypersensitivity
Autoimmune
Immunodeficiency
Scientific name of RBC
Erythrocytes
Treatment designed to stop viral replication
Antiviral medication
The first step in Scientific Method
Observation
Chromosomes that determine gender, be specific
XX and XY
The physiological response to stress
Fight or flight response
Multiple Myeloma
An excessive number of abnormal plasma cells
Bacterial disease that's found on the skin or nose of the host
Staph infection
Anatomical position
Standing upright, with palms facing forward
The physical expression of genetic information
Phenotype
Most successful type of transplant
Hint: Donor and recipient are the same person
Autologous
Single-celled organisms, can be beneficial or harmful
Bacteria
Illness that causes bloody diarrhea
Hint: Damages the lining of the intestinal wall
E.coli (EHEC)
The body's levels of organization, from simple to complex
Cells, Tissue, Organs, Body System
(Must list at least two)
Drug response
Disease susceptibility
Individual differences
Aids is classified as what kind of disease
Immunodeficiency
Solve the question using a punnett scare:
What are the possible blood types of their children, if one parent is a universal donor and the other parent is a universal recipient.
Type A and B
Genotypes: AO and BO
Explain the following terms:
Reservoir
Host
Transmission
Where the causative agent lives and multiples
Living organism that host (provides nourishment) for another organism
How disease/illness is spread