Chapter 1 and 2
Treatment interventions may include:
Medications, nutritional modifications, educations etc
Give an example of a neoplasm
adenoma, lipoma, melanoma etc
What effect do steroids have on the healing process?
inhibits healing
Some of the common infection-causing bacteria include:
staph, strep, clostridium etc
Bronchial asthma is also known as:
asthma
Give an example of preventative treatment
Mammogram, yearly physical, colonoscopy etc
What does obesity do to ones life?
It shortens it
The type of infection that accounts for 80 percent of all infections is:
Respiratory
Influenza is characterized by (signs and symptoms):
runny nose, fever, cough, body aches etc
Treatment of asthma include:
desensitization, medication, avoidance of allergens etc
Give an example of an acute illness
sore throat, gastroenteritis, influenza
Examples of allergens include:
dust, grass, pets etc
Examples of common viral infections include:
herpes simplex, influenza, mononucleosis etc
Polio is spread by:
oral route
Triggers of nonallergic asthma include:
stress, cold weather, warm weather etc
Give an example of an acute disease
ear infection, tonsillitis etc
Common site for carcinoma in situ
Cervix
What is the most common type of fungal infections?
Candidiasis
Symptoms of varicella include:
rash, vesicles, itching, fever etc
Common causes of anaphylactic reactions include:
antibiotics, insect bites, latex etc
Criteria to determine brain death includes:
EEG, lack of stimuli response etc
Common sites of the bloodstream metastasis
The three basic lines of defense include:
intact skin, inflammatory response and immune response
Mumps is an infection of the:
parotid gland
A life-threatening anaphylactic reaction may be treated with:
a tracheostomy
What does degeneration mean?
cellular death
Estrogen is used to treat what type of cancer?
Prostate
Seasonal allergens can include:
Hay fever, pollen, grass etc
Symptoms of rubella include:
rash, joint pain, rhinorrhea etc
The pancreas is what type of gland(s)
exocrine and endocrine
What does metastatic mean?
moving from site of origin
People who have had blistering sunburns at a young age are at the greatest risk of developing:
Melanoma
Nonseasonal allergies may be a result of:
food, genetics, pets etc
The incubation period for rubella is:
14-21 days
The adrenal glands sit on top of the:
kidneys
What does encapsulated mean?
enclosed in a capsule
The herpes simplex virus has been closely connected to cancer of the
cervix
Secondary organs of the immune system include:
Spleen, liver, lymph nodes
Rubella is also known as:
The pancreatic islets produce:
insulin
What does ischemic mean?
hypoxia caused by decreased blood flow
What two types of cancer have a higher incidence in some families?
Breast and colon
Primary organs of the immune system include the:
Thymus gland
The incubation period for measles is:
7-14 days
The beta cells in the pancreas secrete:
insulin
What does congenital mean?
present at birth
The most definitive test used to diagnose a tumor is a:
biopsy
Primary organs of the immune system include the:
artificial active immunity
Symptoms of measles include:
Koplik's spots, fever, rash etc
The thyroid gland regulates:
metabolism
What does Malignant mean?
usually deadly
Neoplasm is defined as:
new growth
Signs and symptoms of allergies include:
increased eosinophils, sneezing, coughing, rhinorrhea etc
Treatment for infectious diseases contains:
rest, handwashing, good nutrition etc
Giantism is a result of oversecretion of
somatropin
What does infarct mean?
area of dead cells commonly due to obstruction of arteries
A hematoma is also known as a:
blood tumor
Treatment of hay fever includes:
antihistamine
The four categories of infectious diseases of childhood include:
viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic
The ovaries secrete:
progesterone and estrogen
What does enteral mean?
nutrition through the small intestine route
Leukemias and lymphomas are cancers of the:
blood and lymphatic system
Graves’ disease is caused by a(n):
autoimmune disease
What is oncology?
study of cancer
What is total parenteral nutrition?
providing total nutrition needed by giving nutritive liquid through the venous route