Intro to Medical Science

A (n) ____________ disease has a studden onset and short course.
a. acute
b.terminal
c. chronic
d. Idiopathic

A skin rash is an example of a ______________.
a. skin
b. symptom
c. laboratory
d. syndrome

The cause of a disease is known as its ___________.
a. pathogenis
b. complication
c. sequel
d. etiology

A steady state maintained within the body is called ___________.
a. homeostasis
b. disease
c. disequilibrium
d. pathology

The worsening of signs and symptoms is known as __________.
a. remission
b.exacerbation
c. relapse
d. complication

Passive immunity is achieved artificially by injection of ____________.
a. preformed antibodies
b. auto antibodies
c. deactivated viruses and bacteria
d. toxoids
e. bacterial toxins

Long-lived lymphocytes, which remain dormant until reactivated after an immune response, are the __________.
a. helper lymphocytes
b. cytotoxic lymphocytes
c. suppressor lymphocytes
d. memory lymphocytes
e. plasma cells

Defense against antigens via antibodies is called _____________.
a. humoral immunity
b.cell-medicated immunity
c. plasma cells
d. adhesion
e. suppression

Which of the following agens is/are capable of causing an inflammatory response?
a. allergen
b. trauma
c. chemical agents
d. all of the above

Which is a foreign substance that triggers an immune response?
a. antigen
b. antibody
c. antibiotic
d. adhesion

Which cells secrete antibodies during the immune response?
a. T helper
b. B
c. plasma
d. T killer

The response to poison ivy is an example of which type of hypersensitivity?
a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV

Which antibody is produced in excess during an allergic response?
a. IgE
b. IgG
c. IgM
d. IgA

The virus of acquired immune defifiency syndrome invades and damages leukocytes, especially targeting the _____________/
a. B lymphocytes
b. cytotoxic or CB8 lymphocytes
c. helper or CD4 lumphocytes
d. suppressor lumphocytes

Which cells are involved in both cellular and humoral reactions during an immune response?
a. cytotoxic T cells
b. natural killer cells
c. plasma cells
d. helper cells

A glycocalyx that is organized and firmly attached to the wall is a _____________.
a. flagella
b. pili
c. capsule
d. slime layer

These contain the genetic materal of a bacteria packaged in a tough outer coat.
a. pili
b. toxins
c. endospores
d. fimbrae

Small, circular DNA molecules that some bacteria have in addition to the bacterial chromosome are called _________.
a. pili
b. endorspores
c. plasmid
d. glycocalyx

Bacteria reproduce by ____________.
a. mitosis
b. meiosis
c. binary fission
d. none of the above

Single-celled eukaryotic organisms are called ___________.
a. bacteria
b. helminthes
c. viruses
d. protozoa

German measles is caused by __________.
a. Bordetella pertussis
b. rubeola virus
c. rubella virus
d. varicella zoster virus

Whooping cough is caused by ___________.
a. Bordetella pertussis
b. rubeola virus
c. rubella virus
d. varicella zoster virus

The protein coat of a virus is its ____________.
a. nucleus
b. capsid
c. core
d. mycelia

The most common worm infection in the United States is __________.
a. Enterobius vermicularis
b. Lymphatic filariasis
c. Ascariasis
d. Shistosomiasis

Which of the following is not an example of contact transmission?
a. kissing
b. touching
c. sexual contact
d. needlestick

What is the infective agent for rabies?
a. bacterium
b. virus
c. fungus
d. tick

Which of the following may cause epilepsy?
a. a birth trauma
b. injury to the brain
c. a penetrating wound
d. all of the above

What functions are controlled b y the brain stem?
a. sensory function
b. muscle action
c. memory
d. heart rate and breathing

What is called an acute inflammation of the first two meninges of the brain and spinal cord, the pia mater and the arachnoid?
a. thrombophelbitis
b. meningitis
c. prostatis
d. encephalitis

Which of the following is true of polio?
a. is caused by a virus
b. affects sensory neurons
c. is found in most people by the age of 80
d. was wiped out in 1976

Which of the following applies to MS?
a. occurs in only males
b. occurs primarily in east European cultures
c. results from a damaged myelin sheath
d. strikes adults age 20 or beyond