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Intro to disease
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Undergraduate 4
09/22/2015

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Screening is unlikely to be useful because most inherited disease do not respond to treatment.
Definition
Which of the following statements regarding identification of inherited disease in newborn infants by screening test is incorrect?
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No specific method of treatment is available at the present time
Definition
Which statement indicate that the proposed screening test is unlikely worthwhile?
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Urinalysis
Definition
Which of the listed diagnostic tests is least likely to provide useful information?
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Prognosis
Definition
The opinion of a Physician or other health care practitioner concerning the probable outcome of the disease is called
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An inflamation
Definition
A woman has a skin rash caused by an allergic reaction to an antibiotic. The patients condition would be interpreted as
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Cytoskeleton
Definition
Protein tubules and filaments that form structural framework of cells and promote cell functions such as motility phagocytosis.
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Rough Endoplasmic(RER)
Definition
Tubular ribosome containing channels that synthesize protein to be secreted by cells
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lysosomes
Definition
Spherical organelles in cytoplasm containing digestive enzymes that break down worn out cell organelles and materials brought into cells by phagocytosis.
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Golgi Apparatus
Definition
Flat sacs located near the nucleus attach carbohydrate molecules to the proteins synthesize by RER
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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
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Tubular channels containing enzymes that synthesize lipids and some other compounds within cells
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Centrioles
Definition
Short cylinders that forms the mitotic spindle that separates chromosomes during cell division
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Mitochondria
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Convert food materials into energy. make adenosine triphosphate (ATP) used to power the chemical reactions in the cell.
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True
Definition
Chromosomes normally exist in pairs called homologous chromosomes
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True
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Genes exist in pairs and the members of each pair are located at corresponding sites (gene loci) on homologous chromosomes
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True
Definition
Certain HLA types appear to predispose to specific diseases
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False
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An individual is heterozygous for gene if the genes at corresponding sites (gene loci) are the same, and homozygous for the gene if the genes are different
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True
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A dominant gene expresses itself in either the homozygous or heterozygous state
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False
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A defective X-linked gene functions as a dominant gene in females as well as males
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Exudate
Definition
Fluid and leukocytes accumulate at the site of tissue injury
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Infection
Definition
An inflammation caused by a pathogenic microorganism
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Mediators of inflammation
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Products released from cells and from blood proteins that are responsible for the features of an inflammatory reaction
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Leukocytes
Definition
White blood Cells
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Pathogen
Definition
A disease-producing organism
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Lysosomes
Definition
Spherical structures in the cytoplasm containing potent digestive enzymes
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Lymphadenitis
Definition
Inflammation of a lymph node
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Septicemia
Definition
Pathogenic microorganisms circulating in the bloodstream
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Antibodies
Definition
proteins made by plasma cells
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Phagocytosis
Definition
Ingestion of material by neutrophils and monocytes
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False
Definition
Mediators of inflammation are produced primarily by neutrophils.
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False
Definition
The plasma cell is the most important cell in the acute inflammatory reaction.
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True
Definition
Extensive destruction of the tissue caused by inflammation is often followed by scarring.
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True
Definition
The inflammatory reaction concentrates leukocytes and antibodies at the site of the inflammation.
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True
Definition
Activation of blood proteins called complement generates mediators of inflammation .
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Platelets
Definition
Small structures circulating in the bloodstream that are concerned with blood coagulation
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Infection
Definition
an inflammation caused by pathogenic microorganism
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Inflammation
Definition
An inflammation resulting from tissue injury not caused by pathogenic microorganism
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Leukocytes
Definition
White blood cells
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pathogen
Definition
A disease producing organism
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plasma
Definition
The cell free fluid part of the blood
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lymphadenitis
Definition
Inflammation of lymph nodes
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Septicemia
Definition
Pathogenic microorganisms circulating atthe bloodstream
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Antibodies
Definition
proteins made by plasma cells
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Mediators of inflammation
Definition
proteins released from cells and from blood proteins that are responsible for the features of an inflammation reaction
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phagocytosis
Definition
ingestion of material by neutrophils and monocytes
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Fibrinogen
Definition
A blood protein concerned with blood coagulation
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Lysosomes
Definition
Structures in the cytoplasm containing potent digestive enzymes
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Mast cells
Definition
A specialized cell in tissues containing histamines and other chemical mediators
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False
Definition
Neutrophils process foreign antigens and present antigen fragments to lymphocytes in the order generate an immune response to the foreign material
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False
Definition
Eosinophils produce antibodies that protect us from infections
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True
Definition
Autoantibodies directed against kidney tissues may damage the kidneys
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True
Definition
The inflammatory reaction concentrates leukocytes and antibodies at the site of the inflammation
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True
Definition
Activation of blood proteins called complement generates mediators of inflammation
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Theis no relationship between the number of triplet repeats ant the severity of the mental deficiency
Definition
Which of the following statements about the fragile X syndrome is Incorrect
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A 25 year old pregnant woman with no family history of genetic disease or chromosome abnormally wants an amniocentesis to be sure that she has no unsuspected genetic or chromosomal abnormally that could affect her fetus
Definition
Which of the following conditions is NOT an indication for amniocentesis
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Mosaicism results from chromosome non-dis junction occurring in the ovum prior to fertilization.
Definition
All of the following statements about chromosomal mosaicism are correct Except
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True
Definition
Most persons with Turner syndrome have only a single X chromosome
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False
Definition
Most cases of down syndrome result from chromosome nondisjunction during mitosis
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False
Definition
An increased concentration of alpha fetoprotein in material blood or amniotic fluid suggest that the fetus has down syndrome
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False
Definition
Most infants with Down syndrome are born to mothers who are carriers of a chromosome 21 that is attached to another chromosome carrier
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True
Definition
A neural tube defect (anencephaly or spina bifida) usually can be identified in an affected fetus by means of an ultrasound examination performed at about 16 weeks gestation
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Achondroplasia
Definition
Autosomal dominant transmission
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Hemophilia
Definition
Sex-linked transmission
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Sickle cell trait
Definition
Codominant inheritance transmission
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Phenylketonuria
Definition
Autosomal recessive transmission
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Swimmers itch
Definition
Schistosomes
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Profuse vaginal discharge
Definition
Trichomonas
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Maternal infection may injure the fetus of pregnant women
Definition
Toxoplasma
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Severe Diarehea after eating a meal of rice and ground beef
Definition
pathogenic ameba
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Person coughs up large roundworm
Definition
Ascaris Worm
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Diarehea after swimming in chlorinated swimming pool
Definition
cryptosporidum
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Chills and fever after returning from trip to region where malaria is endemic
Definition
plasmodium species
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Perianal itiching awakens child at night
Definition
pinworms
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marked itching of pubic skin
Definition
crab louse
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Malaria like illness in person who has had the spleen removed
Definition
Babesiosis
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Group A streptococcus
Definition
servere throat infection
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Group B beta streptococcus
Definition
infection in newborn infants
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hemolytic staphyloccous
Definition
wound infection
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human papillomavirus
Definition
warts
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histoplasma capsulatum
Definition
pulmonary infection
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herpesvirus
Definition
fever blisters
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varicella zoster virus
Definition
skin rash
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mumps virus
Definition
parotid gland infection
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baciliius anthracis
Definition
Germ warfare agent
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meningcoccus
Definition
Meningitis
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Brucella
Definition
A febrile illness transmitted to people from unpasterized milk or tissues of infected animals
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Borielia
Definition
causes a a febrile illness with skin lesion
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Ehrlichiae
Definition
A tick transmitted rickettsialike agent that infects white blood cells
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Clostridium Botulinum
Definition
paralysis from eating toxin-containing food
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Yersinia
Definition
causes bubonic plague
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Most Fungi are highly pathogenic and frequently causes diseases in humans
Definition
False
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Histoplasmosis results from the bite of an infected rodent
Definition
False
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Chlymadia may be transmitted by sexual intercourse and may infect the cervix
Definition
True
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Cryptosporiiosis is charecterized by an infection of the lungs
Definition
False
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Babeesious is chracterized by a malarialike febrile illness
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True
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