FUNDAMENTALS NU110 EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
illness - Answer-a disease of the body or mind
idiopathic - Answer-unknown cause
Etiology - Answer-cause of disease
Helminths - Answer-parasitic worms
Rickettsia - Answer-a small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and mites
Prion - Answer-protein particles that cause disease
Protozoa - Answer-one-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria
Virus - Answer-A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.
, Fungi - Answer-Kingdom composed of heterotrophs; many obtain energy and nutrients from dead
organic matter
Stages of illness - Answer-Transition Stage, Acceptance Stage, Convalescence Stage
Transition stage - Answer-May deny feeling ill, but recognize symptoms of illness are present
Acceptance stage - Answer-Acknowledge illness and take measures to become well
Covalescence - Answer-recovery
Asepsis - Answer-absence of pathogenic microorganisms
Anarobic - Answer-metabolic process that does not require oxygen
Aerobic - Answer-needs oxygen
chain of infection - Answer-infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of
entry, susceptible host
Gas stages - Answer-1. Alarm
2. Resistance
3. Exhaustion
alarm stage of GAS - Answer-organism recognizes stress, begins to respond. Fight or flight and
sympathetic nervous system engages
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
illness - Answer-a disease of the body or mind
idiopathic - Answer-unknown cause
Etiology - Answer-cause of disease
Helminths - Answer-parasitic worms
Rickettsia - Answer-a small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and mites
Prion - Answer-protein particles that cause disease
Protozoa - Answer-one-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria
Virus - Answer-A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.
, Fungi - Answer-Kingdom composed of heterotrophs; many obtain energy and nutrients from dead
organic matter
Stages of illness - Answer-Transition Stage, Acceptance Stage, Convalescence Stage
Transition stage - Answer-May deny feeling ill, but recognize symptoms of illness are present
Acceptance stage - Answer-Acknowledge illness and take measures to become well
Covalescence - Answer-recovery
Asepsis - Answer-absence of pathogenic microorganisms
Anarobic - Answer-metabolic process that does not require oxygen
Aerobic - Answer-needs oxygen
chain of infection - Answer-infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of
entry, susceptible host
Gas stages - Answer-1. Alarm
2. Resistance
3. Exhaustion
alarm stage of GAS - Answer-organism recognizes stress, begins to respond. Fight or flight and
sympathetic nervous system engages
