PTA 110 Module 2 Pre Class Assignment

PTA 110 Module 2 Pre Class Assignment

By Rhonda White

​Watch this video on the Theories of Ageing

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describes the influences of the nervous system on immune and inflammatory responses and how these contribute to the healing and repair process.

Multiple Choice

The ability of a cell to resist disease-causing microorganisms or to recover from injury or inflammation is dependent in part on the underlying state or health of the cells.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The obstruction of the respiratory tree, inadequate transport of oxygen across the respiratory surfaces of the lung, inadequate transport of oxygen in the blood, or an inability of the cell to use oxygen for cellular respiration defines which of the following?

• ischemia

• hypoxia

• genetic factors

• physical factors

Multiple Choice

A cause of fatty necrosis is______

• Ischemia

• Acute pancreatitis

• Pyogenic bacteria

• Trauma in blood vessel wall

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The simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient.

Open Ended

In your own words explain the difference between direct and indirect cytopathic effects.

Open Ended

Which risk factor for vitamin c deficiency are you most familiar with? Explain why?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a moderate allergic reaction?

• runny nose

• watery eyes

• hypoxia caused by asthmatic bronchoconstriction.

• anaphylaxis

Open Ended

Share one physical agent that is responsible for cell damage?

Multiple Choice

The process of healing is completed in 4 phases that typically overlap. The 3rd phase of healing is:

• Proliferation and migration

• Remodeling and maturation

• Hemostasis and Degeneration

• Inflammation

Multiple Select

Factors leading to inflammation....

• Lack of adequate blood flow

• Histamine

• Foreign material

• C5a

Open Ended

What is this image an example of and why does this occur?

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the escape of a fluid and is often used to describe fluid escaping into a compartment such as into a joint capsule; such fluid can be either a transudate or an exudate.

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The process of ingestion of microorganisms, other foreign substances, necrotic cells, and connective tissue constituents by specialized cells and is important in achieving this goal. type of inflammatory exudate is called

Multiple Choice

The inflammatory process associated with rheumatoid arthritis may also affect other organ systems.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The most common site of strain injury is the

Open Ended

Define oxidative stress?

Multiple Choice

All of the following are examples of exogenous antioxidants EXCEPT:

• Vitamin C

• Vitamin E

• β-carotene

• Zinc

Multiple Choice

What of the following is a type of articular cartilage?

• menicus

• bone apophyses

• ligamentum flavum

• disk

Multiple Choice

List ONE result of prolonged immobilization of muscle.

• The proliferation of fibrofatty connective tissue into joint space

• Generalized osteopenia

• Disorganization of parallel arrays of fibrils and cells

• atrophy

​Watch this video on the Immune System

​Innate = non specific

Acquired= specific​

Multiple Choice

Active acquired immunity refers to protection acquired by introduction of an antigen into a responsive host.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The concept of vaccination is based on the fact that exposure to a harmless version of a pathogen generates memory cells but not the disease the pathogen causes.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

These phagocytes are also referred to as polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs), derived from bone marrow and increase dramatically in number in response to infection and inflammation.

• eosinophils

• basophils

• neutrophils

• monocytes

Multiple Choice

Basophils and mast cells are WBCs (leukocytes) that circulate in peripheral blood and function similarly to mast cells in allergic disorders.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Intense exercise does not suppress the concentration of lymphocytes or suppress NK cell activity that leads to infections.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Open Ended

In your own words describe the "neck check."

Open Ended

Use an outside source (cite your source) and list ONE primary immunodeficiency disease.

Open Ended

Which risk factor that alters the immune system are you most familiar with and why? (refer to box 4.1, p. 88)

Poll

Which of the following infection control strategies used with immunocompromised patients is most important to you?

• hand washing

• masks for respiratory disease

• maintain skin integrity

• sterilize and disinfect equipment

Multiple Choice

AIDS is characterized by progressive destruction of cell-mediated (T-cell) immunity and changes in humoral immunity and even elements of autoimmunity.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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List ONE musculoskeletal clnical manisfestation of HIV disease.

Open Ended

List ONE recommendation healthcare professionals working with AIDS and HIV-positive clients can use for self-protection.

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systemic vasodilation, bronchospasm, increased mucus secretion, and edema, referred to as

.

Multiple Choice

Self-antigen disorders include blood transfusion reactions, hemolytic disease of the newborn, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and myasthenia gravis.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Open Ended

Share one alternative a PTA can use for protection who presents with latex sensitivity.

Multiple Choice

Addison's disease, Diabetes mellitus and Ulcerative colitis are all examples of:

• Organ-Specific Disorders

• Systemic Disorders

Open Ended

Research the disease fibromyalgia using an outside source. (Cite the source. It can be a video, textbook, article, etc) Share one fact that you learned from that source.