Direct Causes of Disease

Question 1

palliative

Answer 1

treating the signs and symptoms (cancer)

Question 2

dyspnea

Answer 2

labored or difficult breathing

Question 3

anoxia

Answer 3

lack of oxygen

Question 4

ischemia

Answer 4

lack of adequate amounts of oxygen to the tissues cells

Question 5

poison

Answer 5

ingest or inhaled or injected. includes insects and snake bites

Question 6

immune disorder

Answer 6

due to a breakdown in the body’s defense system

Question 7

allergy

Answer 7

hypersensitivity to a substance ordinarily harmless

Question 8

autoimmune

Answer 8

inappropriate or excessive response of the body’s defense system that allows the immune system to be destructive (e.g- rheumatoid and arthritis)

Question 9

immunodeficiency disorders

Answer 9

results form a depressed or absent immune system (e.g- following radiation or with AID’s)

Question 10

neoplasm

Answer 10

“new growth” tumor

Question 11

benign

Answer 11

not cancerous

Question 12

malignant

Answer 12

cancerous

Question 13

metastatic

Answer 13

capacity to spread

Question 14

cancers spread by

Answer 14

1. direct extension
2. blood stream
3. lymphatic system

Question 15

normal flora

Answer 15

not causing disease unless invading certain parts of the body

Question 16

communicable

Answer 16

able to spread non resident organism transmitted directly or indirectly from one host to another source of infection

Question 17

local

Answer 17

confined to a certain area (e.g- mosquito bite/ scratching it)

Question 18

systemic

Answer 18

involves the entire body (cold)