Medical Detectives Unit 1

Any disease-producing agent such as a virus, bacteria, or parasite.

• Infection

• Parasite

• Pathogen

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The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood and expressed in millimeters of mercury.

• Heart Rate

• Blood Pressure

• Pulse

A measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beats per minute.

• Blood Pressure

• Pulse

• Heart Rate

To recognize a disease by signs and symptoms?

• Diagnose

• Symptoms

• Virus

The application of the principles of the natural sciences, especially biology and physiology, to clinical medicine.

• Blood Pressure

• Biomedical Science

• Optomology

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Communicable by contact.

• Contagious

• Fever

• Sneezing

Measurements of the body’s most basic functions and useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems.

• Vital Signs

• Blood Pressure

• Hypertension

Hypothermia

• Low body temperature of 96-98°F
• High body temperature 99-101°F
• Extremely high body temperature 102°F and above
• Low body temperature below 95°F

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Systolic pressure is

• Pressure on arteries when heart is at rest

• The number of heart beats in 60 seconds

• The number of heart beats in 30 seconds

• When the heart is during a contraction

Measurements of the body's most basic functions are called vital signs.

• True
• False