Final Review

A mass of cells that invades healthy tissue and destroys the tissues it grows in.

• Malignant Tumor

• Benign Tumor

• Bacteria

• Virus

Any agent that causes disease

• Tumor

• Bacteria

• Pathogen

• Cancer

A single-celled microorganism that can cause disease

• Virus

• Cancer

• Carcinogen

• Bacteria

A disease caused by cells that have lost normal growth controls and that invade and destroy other tissues

• Malignant Tumor

• Cancer

• Virus

• None of the above

Damage and loss of function of an area of the heart muscle

• Heart Attack

• Cardiac Arrest

• Stroke

• Vaccine

 A sudden attack of weakness or paralysis that occurs when blood flow to an area of the brain is interrupted

• Paralysis

• TB

• Stroke

• Cardiac Arrest

An injection of a small amount of a (usually dead) pathogen that will provide protection against the pathogen and the disease it causes

• Vaccine

• Cancer

• Medicine

• Virus

 The hormone that causes cells to remove glucose from the bloodstream.

• Diabetes

• Pathogen

• Insulin

• Flu

Having diabetes means you're more likely to have high blood pressure.

• True

• False

Injury to the skin and other tissue caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, or radiation

• Blisters

• Burns

• Wound

• None of the above