ANATOMY / CHAPTER 6 / MECHANISMS OF DISEASE

Mechanism - Breaking apart of tissues occurs by means of many still unknown processes

• inflammation

• metabolic

• degeneration

• traumatic

Which of these is not a disease risk factor?

• A

• stress

• genetic

• staging

Which of these is cancer of bone tissue?

• mel

• fibrosarcoma

• osteosarcoma

• lymphoma

What type of cancer treatment involves using cytotoxic compounds or antineoplastic drugs can be used to destroy malignant cells?

(a)  

What term is defined as the movement of white blood cells in response to chemical attractions?

• chemotaxis

• fever

• biopsy

• anaplasia

What term means "new matter," an abnormal growth of cells; tumors?

• papilloma

• nevus

• virus

• neoplasm

Mycotic infections refer to _________ infections.

• fungal

• vr

• bacterial

• autoimmune

What are intracellular parasites that consist of a nucleic acid core surrounded by a protein coat and sometimes a lipoprotein envelope?

(a)  

What is a faulty response or overreaction of the immune system that causes it to attack the body?

• metaplasia

• autoimmunity

• pathophysiology

• epidemiology

What term refers to complete and permanent remission?

• acute

• cure

• pathogenesis

• syndrome