Terminology
Defense Mechanisms
Infection
True or False
Misc.
100
When there is a presence of a pathogen in the blood it is called what?
septicemia
100
What do we find the skin that acts as a placeholder, preventing habitation by other bacteria?
normal flora
100
An accumulation of pus in a body cavity is called what?
empyema
100
True or False A Mantoux test is a skin test commonly used for tuberculosis
True
100
Is antibiotic treatment effective for bacterial infections?
Yes antibiotic treatment can be used for bacterial infections; but it isn't effective against viruses only secondary symptoms that may come up
200
The process of washing or cutting away necrotic tissue and foreign material
debridement
200
What are considered the foot soldiers of the inflammatory process?
Neutrophils
200
3 symptoms of infection in an individual.
Fever, tachycardia, malaise
200
True / False Fungi is the smallest infective organism
False, virus is
200
What is the most definitive test for identifying organisms in a lesion or wound?
culture
300
In tissue repair, what is the process called when the damaged tissue is replaced by cellular division of healthy tissue?
Regeneration
300
What causes local arterioles, venules and capillaries to dilate, resulting in an increase in blood flow to the area?
Histamine
300
What is serous exudate?
clear, serum like fluid containing small amounts of protein
300
True or False A crater like lesion in the skin or mucous membrane is known as cellulitis?
False. It is an ulcer Cellulitis is a bacterial skin infection characterized by general edema and redness
300
What are factors that affect healing time? (name 4 of the 8)
age, size, location, nutrition, immobility, circulation, organism virulence, steroids
400
The movement of cells or organisms in response to chemicals?
chemotaxis
400
The process that allows neutrophils to extend part of their bodies between the epithelial cells and squeeze through the capillary wall
diapedesis
400
What is the bodies third line of defense, they are slow but powerful killers?
Lymphocytes
400
True or False Abscesses are commonly caused by streptococcal and staphylococcal bacteria.
True
400
Herpes simplex, influenza and mononucleosis are examples of what type of infection?
viral infections
500
Excessive collagen formation, leading to a hard raised scar is known as a what?
Keloid
500
If the physical barriers are broken and the foreign invader penetrates the cells and tissues, what type of response is triggered?
Inflammatory response, 2nd line of defense
500
What is CA-MRSA stand for and what is it?
community acquired - MRSA is resistant to penicillin and other antibiotics and it the most dangerous form of MRSA; major public threat to HIV individuals
500
True or False The first line of defense is specific immunity?
False, the first line of defense is non specific immunity.
500
Healing by secondary intention, involving a large degree of tissue damage and significant inflammation, what am I?
secondary union
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