Exam 6: Mechanisms of Disease

What are the four primary signs of inflammation?

Describe a prion.Name a disease that is caused by a virus.

List and briefly describe the three pathogenic animals discussed in the chapter.Which of these groups is most likely to be a vector?

MATCHING Match each term with its corresponding definition or explanation. -a disease that is native to a local region

Risk factors increase the likelihood of contracting a disease.

Both autoimmune disorders and degenerative disorders are considered inflammatory disorders.

Match each term with its corresponding definition or description. -term that usually denotes a malignant tumor that arises from connective tissue

Spores allow some viruses to survive adverse environmental conditions.

A malignant tumor that arises from epithelial tissue is usually called a carcinoma.

Which of these factors is not a mechanism of disease?

Another word for a neoplasm is a tumor.

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

A malignant tumor that arises from connective tissue is usually called a sarcoma.

One of the unique characteristics of viruses is their use of only RNA as a nucleic acid.

The transmission of West Nile virus requires a vector.

Malignant tumors are less likely to spread than benign tumors.

Oncogenes are cancer-causing genes.

A symptom is an objective abnormality that can be seen or measured by someone else.

Pathophysiology is the organized study of the physiological process associated with disease.

The spread of a tumor to another part of the body is called metastasis.