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PATH 1016 TEST 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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Pathophysiology

the study of how disease processes affect the function of the body



Etiology

study of the cause of disease



pathological process

diseases of body structure



manifestations

signs and symptoms of disease



complication

an undesired problem that is the result of some other event



Host

An organism on which a parasite lives.



infection

invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism



colonization

,establishing a presence



Mutualism

A relationship between two species in which both species benefit



parasitic relationship

A relationship that is one-way and detrimental to one of the organisms over time.



pathogens

disease causing agents



Saprophyte

An organism that feeds on dead matter



opportunistic pathogens

cause disease when the host's defenses are compromised



Eukaryote

Cells that enclose their DNA in nuclei



Prokaryote

Cells that do not contain nuclei



prognosis

a prediction of the course of a disease



Morbidity

,illness



mortality

death rate



Diagnosis

identification of a disease



therapeutic

the method to ease or cure.



Infections

Invasions and multiplications of microorganisms in body tissues



localized infection

an infection that is limited to a specific location in the body and has local symptoms



systemic infection

an infection throughout the body



infectious agents

a pathogen that has the potential to cause an infection



Bacteria

single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes



Viruses

, can only reproduce inside host cells, and they damage the cell when they do this
VIRUSES GET INTO CELL



Fungi

An organism that absorbs nutrients from the environment.



Parasite

an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person




prions

protein particle that lack a genome( RCA OR DNA)




Viruses

are not consider alive, because they are not cellular and cannot reproduce on its own,
they consist of nucleic acid, and they wrapped in a protein coat called capsid and
sometimes in a membrane envelope.




Bacteria

they have all the cellular mechanism to self replicate w/o a host( prokaryotes), they have
a cell wall made up of polymer called peptidoglycan, that provides physical protection
and prevent the cell from bursting in a hypotonic environment.




Gram-positive bacteria

has simpler cell with thick walls containing peptidoglycan

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