Chapter 6

Question 1

Acquired Immunodeficiency sysndrome

Answer 1

most advanced and fatal stage of an HTV infection.

Question 2

Allergen

Answer 2

an overreaction by the lady to a particular antigen.

Question 3

Anaphylaxis

Answer 3

a sever response to an allergen.

Question 4

Antibiotics

Answer 4

medication capable of inhibiting growth or killing bacterial microorganisms.

Question 5

Antibody

Answer 5

a diease-fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of a specific antigen.

Question 6

Atifungal

Answer 6

an agent that destroys or inhibits the growth of fongi.

Question 7

Antigen

Answer 7

any substance that the body regards s being foreign.

Question 8

Antigen- anitbody reation.

Answer 8

involves binding antigen to antibody.

Question 9

Autoimmune disorder

Answer 9

any large group of diseases characterized by a condition in which the immune system produces antibodies against its’s own tissue, healthy, cells, an organ for antigen.

Question 10

Bacilli

Answer 10

rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria.

Question 11

Benign

Answer 11

not the life-threatening type of tumor causes damage and grows, place pressure on adjacent instruction.

Question 12

Candidiasis

Answer 12

yeast infection.

Question 13

Carcinoma

Answer 13

a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue.

Question 14

Carcinoma in situ

Answer 14

malignant tumor in its original position that has not yet disturbed or invaded the surrounding tissue.

Question 15

Cytokines

Answer 15

medication that kills or damages cells.

Question 16

Cytomegalovirus

Answer 16

found in most body fluids.

Question 17

Cytotoxic drug

Answer 17

medication that kills or damages cells.

Question 18

Ductal carcinoma in situ

Answer 18

breast cancer at its earliest stage before cancer has broken through the wall of the milk duct.

Question 19

Hemolytic

Answer 19

the function of destroying worn-out erythrocytes.

Question 20

Hodgkin lymphoma

Answer 20

cancer of the immune system distinguished by the presence of large cancerous.

Question 21

Immunglobulins

Answer 21

find with specific anthems in the antigen-antibody response.

Question 22

Immunosuppessant

Answer 22

a substance that prevents or reduces the body normal immune response

Question 23

Immunothereapy

Answer 23

disease treatment that involves either stimulating or repressing the immune response.

Question 24

Infectious mononucleosis

Answer 24

caused by multiplication of cells uncontrolled, abnormal rapid, progressive.

Question 25

Infiltrating ductal carcinoma

Answer 25

starts in the milk duct and invades the fatty breast tissue outside the duct.

Question 26

Interferons

Answer 26

play multiple roles in the immune system.

Question 27

Lymphadenopathly

Answer 27

any disease process affecting a lymph mode or nodes.

Question 28

lymphangcoma

Answer 28

a tumor formed by an abnormal collection of lymphatic vessels due to a congenital malformation.

Question 29

lymphedema

Answer 29

swelling of the tissue due to a abnormal accumulation of lymph fluid within the tissue.

Question 30

lymphocytes

Answer 30

formed in bone marrow as stem cells.

Question 31

lymphoma

Answer 31

a general term that applies to aligners affecting tissue.

Question 32

lymphosecintigraphy

Answer 32

a diagnostic rest that performed to defect damage or malformation of lymphatic vessels.

Question 33

Macrophage

Answer 33

a type of leukocyte that surrounds and kills invading cells

Question 34

Malaria

Answer 34

lives in certain mosquitoes and transferred to a human by a bite of an infected mosquito.

Question 35

Malignant

Answer 35

becoming progressively worse and life-threatening.

Question 36

Mammography

Answer 36

radiographic examination of the breast to detect the presence of tumor precancerous cells.

Question 37

Metastasis

Answer 37

cancer is spread to a new site, the term is also to describe the tumor.

Question 38

Metastasize

Answer 38

spread from one place to another.

Question 39

Myoma

Answer 39

the tumor made up of muscle tissue.

Question 40

Myosarcoma

Answer 40

a malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue.

Question 41

Non- Hodgkins lymphoma

Answer 41

more common types refer to all lymphomas.

Question 42

Opportunistic infection

Answer 42

caused by a pathogen that does not normally produce an illness in healthy.

Question 43

Osteosarcoma

Answer 43

hard tissue sarcoma that usually involves the shaft of the long bones. pelvis or knee.

Question 44

Parasite

Answer 44

plant/animal that lives on/ within another living organism at the expense of that organism.

Question 45

Rabies

Answer 45

a viral infection that transmitted to humans through the bite of the saliva of an infected animal.

Question 46

Rickettsia

Answer 46

a small bacterium that lives in lice, flea, ticks, and mites.

Question 47

Rubella

Answer 47

a viral infected-low-grade fever, swollen glands, inflamed eyes, and pink rash.

Question 48

Sarcorna

Answer 48

malignant that arise from connective tissue, including hard-soft, and liquid connective tissue.

Question 49

Spirochetes

Answer 49

long slender spiral-shaped bacteria that have flexible walls and capable of movement.

Question 50

Splenomegaly

Answer 50

abnormal enlargement of the spleen.

Question 51

Staphylococci

Answer 51

group of about 30 species bacteria that form irregular groups or clusters resembling.

Question 52

Streptococci

Answer 52

bacteria that form a chain.

Question 53

Teletherapy

Answer 53

radiation therapy administers at a distance from a body.

Question 54

Toxoplasmosis

Answer 54

most commonly transmitted from pets t0 human contact with contaminated animal feces.

Question 55

Varicella

Answer 55

by herpes virus varicella-zoster and highly contagious.

Question 56

Bacteria

Answer 56

group of pathogens one-celled microscopic organisms.

Question 57

Complement

Answer 57

a blood test that measures the activity of a certain protein in the liquid portion of blood.

Question 58

Herpes zoster

Answer 58

painful blistering skin rash.

Question 59

Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Answer 59

attacks the cell that helps the body fight infection.

Question 60

Rickettsia

Answer 60

rod-shaped, coccoid, diplococcus, shaped often okeomrphie bacteria.