Evit Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version 2024 | Verified
List the major structures of the lymphatic system. - Correct Answer - Tonsils, spleen, nodes, lymph vessels, thymus (not thyroid)
What are the three things required for an infection to occur? - Correct Answer - Pathogen, host, mode of transmission
List and describe the six links of the chain of infection. - Correct Answer - Pathogen - organism that causes disease
Reservoir - a place for the pathogen to multiple
Place of exit - how the pathogen leaves the reservoir
Method of transmission- how the pathogen travels to a new host
Portal of Entry -how the pathogen enters the host
Susceptible host- organism that is able to get disease
Describe specific and non specific defenses - Correct Answer - Nonspecific = effective against any harmful agent
Specific = effective against specific agents only
Describe the affects of a fever. - Correct Answer - Stimulates phagocytes
List and describe the types of T cells. - Correct Answer - Helper, killer, memory - Stay in the body and remember a pathogen, regulatory
Describe the two types of B cells. - Correct Answer - Plasma - produce antibodies
Memory - mount a quick response if pathogen returns
What are the functions of a macrophage? - Correct Answer - Phagocytosis, place markers on it's surface,
stimulate more white blood cell production What is an antigen? How does it interact with antibodies? - Correct Answer - Antigen - proteins markers
that antibodies will cling to
Antibodies -are components of blood that recognize and cling to antigens
Describe how complement proteins work with antibodies. - Correct Answer - Complement proteins: coat foreign material, destroy foreign material/cells, attract phagocytes, and induce inflammation
Define autoimmune. - Correct Answer - Abnormal reactivity to one's own tissues and turns on itself
Define phagocytosis - Correct Answer - White blood cells taking in foreign material
What is an allergen? - Correct Answer - Substance that induces an immune response
What is a vaccine? - Correct Answer - Solution used for immunization
Describe the following disorders: - Correct Answer - Hodgkin's disease - form of lymphoma
Allergy - immune reaction to a substance that is normally harmless
Encephalitis - Mr. Howell says to go home to section 3
Splenomegaly - inflammation of the spleen
Elephantiasis - abnormal accumulation of lymphatic fluid in lower body
List the major organs of the respiratory system. - Correct Answer - Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
Describe the three sections of the pharynx. - Correct Answer - Nasopharynx - superior Oropharynx - middlelaryngeal pharynx - inferior
What is the Adam's apple? - Correct Answer - Thyroid cartilage
What is the epiglottis? - Correct Answer - Leaf shaped cartilage covering larynx/trachea
What is the diaphragm? What is its function? - Correct Answer - Large dome shaped muscles that when contracts enables inhalation
What are the vocal cords? Where are they located? - Correct Answer - located in the larynx
What are the pleura? - Correct Answer - Membrane sac surrounding lungs
Where is the pleural space located? - Correct Answer - Located between the 2 layers of the pleura
Outline how air flows into the lung. - Correct Answer - Mouth/nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
List the major structures of the lymphatic system. - Correct Answer - Tonsils, spleen, nodes, lymph vessels, thymus (not thyroid)
What are the three things required for an infection to occur? - Correct Answer - Pathogen, host, mode of transmission
List and describe the six links of the chain of infection. - Correct Answer - Pathogen - organism that causes disease
Reservoir - a place for the pathogen to multiple
Place of exit - how the pathogen leaves the reservoir
Method of transmission- how the pathogen travels to a new host
Portal of Entry -how the pathogen enters the host
Susceptible host- organism that is able to get disease
Describe specific and non specific defenses - Correct Answer - Nonspecific = effective against any harmful agent
Specific = effective against specific agents only
Describe the affects of a fever. - Correct Answer - Stimulates phagocytes
List and describe the types of T cells. - Correct Answer - Helper, killer, memory - Stay in the body and remember a pathogen, regulatory
Describe the two types of B cells. - Correct Answer - Plasma - produce antibodies
Memory - mount a quick response if pathogen returns
What are the functions of a macrophage? - Correct Answer - Phagocytosis, place markers on it's surface,
stimulate more white blood cell production What is an antigen? How does it interact with antibodies? - Correct Answer - Antigen - proteins markers
that antibodies will cling to
Antibodies -are components of blood that recognize and cling to antigens
Describe how complement proteins work with antibodies. - Correct Answer - Complement proteins: coat foreign material, destroy foreign material/cells, attract phagocytes, and induce inflammation
Define autoimmune. - Correct Answer - Abnormal reactivity to one's own tissues and turns on itself
Define phagocytosis - Correct Answer - White blood cells taking in foreign material
What is an allergen? - Correct Answer - Substance that induces an immune response
What is a vaccine? - Correct Answer - Solution used for immunization
Describe the following disorders: - Correct Answer - Hodgkin's disease - form of lymphoma
Allergy - immune reaction to a substance that is normally harmless
Encephalitis - Mr. Howell says to go home to section 3
Splenomegaly - inflammation of the spleen
Elephantiasis - abnormal accumulation of lymphatic fluid in lower body
List the major organs of the respiratory system. - Correct Answer - Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
Describe the three sections of the pharynx. - Correct Answer - Nasopharynx - superior Oropharynx - middlelaryngeal pharynx - inferior
What is the Adam's apple? - Correct Answer - Thyroid cartilage
What is the epiglottis? - Correct Answer - Leaf shaped cartilage covering larynx/trachea
What is the diaphragm? What is its function? - Correct Answer - Large dome shaped muscles that when contracts enables inhalation
What are the vocal cords? Where are they located? - Correct Answer - located in the larynx
What are the pleura? - Correct Answer - Membrane sac surrounding lungs
Where is the pleural space located? - Correct Answer - Located between the 2 layers of the pleura
Outline how air flows into the lung. - Correct Answer - Mouth/nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
