Pathophysiology Basics

Which of the following is a symptom?

• A high fever of 102° F

• A headache

• A heart pulse increase to 150 bpm

• Increased blood glucose level

What are some requirements to be an effective pathogen?

• A way to enter host cells

• Having genetic material

• Avoiding the immune system of the host

• All of the above

It is said that the first person to get Covid-19 was from a bat. The bat would be considered a _______

What is the difference between a virus and a bacteria?

• A bacteria is not a pathogen while viruses are pathogens

• Bacteria do not destroy their host cell while viruses do destroy their host cell

• Bacteria contain DNA while viruses contain RNA

• A bacteria is considered an organism, while viruses are not living

Which one of the virus types are less prominent/ not as common as the other

• Fungi

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Worms

How are bacteria and fungi similar?

• They are both typically eukaryotic.

• They both have genetic material

• They are both the same shape

• They are not similar at all

Which of these is false about prehistoric people?

• They were fine dissecting human specimens

• They did not always have a safe shelter to sleep

• They had to find food and water to survive

• Their diets were very imbalanced and lead to other health problems

Hippocrates was an Ancient Greek who believed in balance theory, in that there were _ humors that need to stay in balance in order to stay healthy

Which of the following is not a medical contribution that ancient civilizations discovered?

• They discovered the circulation of blood

• They kept medical records of patients

• They created a way to transport clean water for the public

• They had some rudimentary surgeries

What is the definition of homeostasis

• It is the opposite as being healthy

• The process in which our body remains stable

• It is the development of disease in the body

• It is when a lesion appears on the body