FYS - Exam 1 - Jeopardy

Sketchy Medicine

100

Physicians originally were forbidden in the Hippocratic oath to perform surgery. True or False.

True

200

The God of Healing Asclepius has a staff that is the universal medical symbol today. What animal(s) and how many of them are pictured around this staff?

One snake

300

What value indicates how many people are infected on average from one case of that disease?

R0 (R-naught) value

400

What is the name of the epidemic disease in the early 1900's that was the biggest killer in modern history?

Spanish Flu (Spanish Influenza)

500

Name one of the top four epidemics in terms of mortality in human history.

Plague of Justinian, Bubonic Plague, Spanish Flu, & HIV

The Barricade

100

What role does the skin, mucous membranes, and hair play in the innate immune system of animals?

Physical barriers

200

Name one component of an animal cell membrane.

Phospholipids, cholesterol, proteins, carbohydrates

300

Which immune system branch is rapid, but has not capability of immunological memory?

Innate

400

Name one type of white blood cell that is an antigen presenting cell (APC).

Macrophage, dendritic cell, B-cell

500

What type of innate immune cells are specifically effective against parasites (as well as allergens)?

Eosinophils

The Knights

100

Which branch of adaptive immunity destroys body cells that are already infected?

Cell-mediated

200

What is the type of white blood cells called that includes B-Cells, T-Cells, & Natural Killer Cells?

Lymphocytes

300

What type of humoral immune cells make antibodies?

B Effector Plasma Cells

400

What is that specific piece of an antigen called that is recognized by an immune cell?

Epitope

500

In addition to the antigen, what are the compounds added to vaccines that increase the reaction of the innate immune system?

Adjuvants

Nightmare Non-Cell

100

Name one type of genome viruses can have.

ds RNA, ss RNA, ds DNA, ss DNA

200

Name the two features all viruses share.

Genome and protein coat (capsid)

300

What type of virus attacks bacteria specifically?

Bacteriophage

400

What type of viral life cycle involves a virus replicating so fast that the host cell bursts?

Lytic cycle

500

What is the category of viruses that contain the enzyme reverse transcriptase?

Retroviruses

Petrifying Pox

100

From what animal did Edward Jenner derived the material for the vaccine against smallpox?

Cow

200

What is the R0 value for smallpox?

5-7

300

In what year was smallpox eradicated from the world?

1980

400

What is the name of the virus that causes smallpox?

Variola

500

Name one of the countries/regions where variolation originated in the 15th century.

China, India, Turkey, & West Africa