Chapter 12 (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)

Question 1

chlamydia

Answer 1

sexually transmitted disease characterized by genital discharge and painful urination, caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 2

gonorrhea

Answer 2

a sexually transmitted disease characterized by discharge from the gonads, caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Question 3

herpes simplex virus (HSV)

Answer 3

a family of highly contagious viruses that affect mucous membranes and produce watery blisters that eventually scab over

Question 4

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Answer 4

a disease that compromises a patient’s immune system leaving them open to other opportunistic infections (the late stage of this disease is referred to as AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

Question 5

human papilloma virus (HPV)

Answer 5

a virus that can cause warts and precancerous lesions in genital areas

Question 6

syphilis

Answer 6

a sexually transmitted disease characterized at first by skin irritations then later developing into neurological and heart symptoms, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum