Exam 6: Mechanisms of Disease

Match each term with its corresponding definition or description. -usually refers to malignant tumors arising from epithelial tissue

Define or explain the following terms: neoplasm,benign,malignant,metastasis,carcinoma,and sarcoma.

Explain why it is helpful in the inflammatory response to dilate the blood vessels and make the vessel walls more permeable.Include a definition of chemotaxis.

Increasing age is a risk factor in all diseases.

Match each disease-causing agent to its corresponding definition or characteristic. -group of agents that can be classified according to whether it contains RNA or DNA as its nucleic acid

Match each disease-causing agent to its corresponding definition or characteristic. -group that includes "nonliving" pathogenic protein particles

The pathogenic animal most likely to be a vector is a(n)

Match each disease-causing agent to its corresponding definition or characteristic. -group that includes small organisms with nuclei that can be classified by their means of locomotion

Bacteria that are rod-shaped are called

Flagellates,sporozoa,and nematodes are examples of protists that cause disease.

Define or explain the following terms: endemic,epidemic,and pandemic.

Explain the means of cancer detection discussed in the chapter.

An example of a benign tumor that arises from epithelial tissue is

The risk of contracting all cancers increases with increasing age.

Which of the following is a symptom?

An increased amount of chemotaxis can lead to an increased amount of pus in an area of inflammation.

A lymphoma is more likely to spread than a lipoma.

Fungal infections are also called mycotic infections.

MATCHING Match each term with its corresponding definition or explanation. -the study of all factors involved in causing a disease

Bacilli are round bacteria that can be found singly,in pairs,or in strings.