Vital Sign
A machine that squeezes your arm to get this vital sign
What is blood pressure
True or False: If a patientś influenza sample color matches the negative control sample, the patient has influenza.
What is FALSE?
The name of the original (normal) vital readings taken before the experiment.
What is the control?
A microscopic organism such as a bacterium, virus, or fungus.
Microorganism
Measurements of the body's most basic functions and useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems.
What are VITAL SIGNS?
When your heart compresses you get this reading in blood pressure.
What is systolic
The type of doctor that will study the CT scan or MRI to determine the location and treatment of a brain tumor.
What is a NEUROSURGEON?
The minimum number of trials/subjects that should be tested in an experiment.
What is 4?
This disease is commonly caused by eating undercooked poultry, eggs, or beef
What is salmonella?
A measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beats per minute.
What is HEART RATE?
this is how hot or cold a person's body is
What is temperature?
Which food is most likely responsible for a foodborne illness?
Celery Sticks - 7 sick out of 12 total - 58%
Chicken - 17 sick out of 30 total- 57%
Ranch Dip- 26 sick out of 42 people- 62%
Lemonade- 35 sick out of 60 people- 58%
What is RANCH DIP?
Name the missing part of this experimental design.
1. Take resting heart rate.
2. Jog in place for two minutes.
3. Take heart rate.
4. Complete steps with at least 3 more subjects.
What is RECORD DATA?
The time between contact and onset of illness is called
What is incubation period?
Something that indicates the presence of bodily disorder (that something is wrong).
What is a symptom?
this is also known as heart rate
What is pulse?
This microorganism can be seen without a microscope, does not need a host, and is not treated with antibiotics.
What is FUNGUS?
This is a proposed explanation based on some evidence and used as a starting point to investigate further.
What is a HYPOTHESIS?
This is considered "normal" blood pressure measurement
What is 120/80?
It can multiply without a host, be treated with antibiotics, and can be seen with a school microscope.
What is BACTERIA?
What happens to blood pressure when a person is dehydrated? Increase or decrease?
What is decreases?
Name one test that can determine if there are sensory or motor neuron problems with a patient.
What is NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY TEST (or EMG- electromyography or CSF-cerebrospinal fluid)
A teacher thinks listening to classical music during a test will increase test scores. As an experiment she had one class take the test without listening to music and one class take the test listening to music. She recorded the results and analyzed the data. Name the independent variable in this procedure.
What is listening to classical music?
This disease agent causes the common cold
What is a virus?
Nathan's heart beats 20 times in 15 seconds. What is his pulse?
What is 80 bpm?