Health and Disease
Mention the three dimensions of health according to WHO:
Mental, Physical and Social
Model that shows how a disease progresses without treatment:
Natural history of disease
Disease-causing microbe or chemical substance:
Pathogen
Name the four main types of tissues:
epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous
Innate chemical barrier in your stomach that helps you digest and kill any harmful bacteria
Hydrochloric acid
Organization that states: health is not merely the absence of disease but a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
World Health Organization
Time spent recovering from an illness or medical treatment; recuperation
convalescence
What type of cells produce antibodies? and where are they produced?
B cells in the bone marrow
Muscle that separates the thoracic and the abdominal cavity
Diaphragm
Type of diseases when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells and tissue
Autoimmune diseases
3 elements that make up the ecological triad of disease
Host, agent, environment
Vaccines are included in this level of prevention
Primary
Lysozyme is an enzyme secreted in mucous membranes that kills pathogens by digesting their cell walls type of defense and barrier
Nonspecific Defenses- 1st line of defense
Name of the two cells that compose the nervous tissue:
Neurons and Glial cells
Physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient. Ex. stomach cramps or dizziness
Symptom
level of prevention that focuses on restoration and rehabilitation and occurs in the stage of DISABILITY
Level of prevention that focuses on maintaining and improving health:
First level of prevention
The adaptive immunity respond works basically through the relationship between ________ and _______.
Antigen-antibody
Type of muscle tissue that is under voluntary control:
Skeletal muscle tissue
Dynamic balance that maintains the composition, structure and function of the organism in equilibrium
Homeostasis
Give an example of a degenerative disease and one professional disease.
Examples: Alzhaimer's disease and Lung Cancer
Although he might seem healthy, the human is changing from health to illness state. A social, physical and Mental unadaptation exists
Pre-pathogenic period
3 characteristics from the adaptive immune system
It is Specific, It has memory, It can create antibodies
Anatomical plane that divides the body into left and right halves:
Sagittal plane
3 examples of cells that are part of the adaptive immunity
NK, Lymphocyte B and T cells