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HOMEO NURS 207 EXAM Questions With
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5 classic signs of inflammation - answer✔heat, redness, swelling, pain, loss of function
acute inflammation - answer✔sudden onset with short duration, relatively severe. immediate
response to trauma injury
chronic inflammation - answer✔long duration and slow progression. Repeated deconstruction
and repair of tissue weeks-years after injury
exudate - answer✔material consists of serum, fibrin, & WBC that pass out of blood vessels into
area of inflammation
extravasion - answer✔leaking substance.
diapedesis - answer✔Passage of white blood cells through intact vessel walls into tissue
hyperemia - answer✔redness of the skin due to increased blood flow
mechanical injury - answer✔bone fracture, sprain, dislocations
thermal injury - answer✔sunburn, hot fluids, firework injury
electrical injury - answer✔electricution
chemical injury - answer✔bleach ingested
radiation injury - answer✔skin burns, treatments for cancer
biological assault - answer✔virus, bacteria, fungal
RICE - answer✔rest, ice, compression, elevation
acute infection - answer✔resolved in a fews days or weeks
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chronic infection - answer✔lasts longer than 12 weeks or noncurable
localized infection - answer✔limited to a specific body part
disseminated infection - answer✔Infection spreads beyond the primary site of infection
systemic infection - answer✔multiple organs affected
HAI - answer✔hospital acquired infection
primary infection - answer✔root cause of current health problem
secondary infection - answer✔complication of the root cause (primary infection) ex. infection
from a burn
asepsis - answer✔absence of bacteria, viruses, used to prevent infection
sterile - answer✔free of ALL contaminants, not just causing disease, used in surgery
pathogen - answer✔microbe that can cause infection on living & nonliving
opportunistic pathogen - answer✔can only cause disease when the host's defenses are
compromised
normal flora - answer✔microorganisms that live on another living or nonliving thing without
causing harm. prevent the colonization of pathogens competing for essential nutrients
virulence - answer✔the potency of pathogen
comparing # of cases vs. people exposed
sepsis - answer✔systemic infection, pathogens in blood or other tissues
epidemiology - answer✔medicine interested in incidence, distribution, & control of diseases
where is parasitic infection (protozoa) found? - answer✔lakes/streams, contaminated water or
food
bacterial infection - answer✔streptococcal A or B, staphylococcus aureus os gram + organism
found in nose, respiratory tract, skin.
viral infection - answer✔influenza A + B, hep A, B, C, E, and HIV
fungal infection - answer✔candida albicans, tinea cruris (jock itch); tinea pedis, tinea corporis
(ring worm), tines capitis (ringworm of scalp)
10/10/2024 11:44 AM
HOMEO NURS 207 EXAM Questions With
Correct Answers
5 classic signs of inflammation - answer✔heat, redness, swelling, pain, loss of function
acute inflammation - answer✔sudden onset with short duration, relatively severe. immediate
response to trauma injury
chronic inflammation - answer✔long duration and slow progression. Repeated deconstruction
and repair of tissue weeks-years after injury
exudate - answer✔material consists of serum, fibrin, & WBC that pass out of blood vessels into
area of inflammation
extravasion - answer✔leaking substance.
diapedesis - answer✔Passage of white blood cells through intact vessel walls into tissue
hyperemia - answer✔redness of the skin due to increased blood flow
mechanical injury - answer✔bone fracture, sprain, dislocations
thermal injury - answer✔sunburn, hot fluids, firework injury
electrical injury - answer✔electricution
chemical injury - answer✔bleach ingested
radiation injury - answer✔skin burns, treatments for cancer
biological assault - answer✔virus, bacteria, fungal
RICE - answer✔rest, ice, compression, elevation
acute infection - answer✔resolved in a fews days or weeks
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chronic infection - answer✔lasts longer than 12 weeks or noncurable
localized infection - answer✔limited to a specific body part
disseminated infection - answer✔Infection spreads beyond the primary site of infection
systemic infection - answer✔multiple organs affected
HAI - answer✔hospital acquired infection
primary infection - answer✔root cause of current health problem
secondary infection - answer✔complication of the root cause (primary infection) ex. infection
from a burn
asepsis - answer✔absence of bacteria, viruses, used to prevent infection
sterile - answer✔free of ALL contaminants, not just causing disease, used in surgery
pathogen - answer✔microbe that can cause infection on living & nonliving
opportunistic pathogen - answer✔can only cause disease when the host's defenses are
compromised
normal flora - answer✔microorganisms that live on another living or nonliving thing without
causing harm. prevent the colonization of pathogens competing for essential nutrients
virulence - answer✔the potency of pathogen
comparing # of cases vs. people exposed
sepsis - answer✔systemic infection, pathogens in blood or other tissues
epidemiology - answer✔medicine interested in incidence, distribution, & control of diseases
where is parasitic infection (protozoa) found? - answer✔lakes/streams, contaminated water or
food
bacterial infection - answer✔streptococcal A or B, staphylococcus aureus os gram + organism
found in nose, respiratory tract, skin.
viral infection - answer✔influenza A + B, hep A, B, C, E, and HIV
fungal infection - answer✔candida albicans, tinea cruris (jock itch); tinea pedis, tinea corporis
(ring worm), tines capitis (ringworm of scalp)
