Medical Detectives Final Review

Based on the test results, what is the patient's diagnosis?

• The patient does not have strep throat or influenza.

• The patient has both strep throat and influenza.

• The patient has influenza and not strep throat.

• The patient has strep throat and not influenza.

How would an ER doctor, a neurologist, a microbiologist, and an epidemiologist work together to help these patients and prevent future cases?

• An ER doctor would work with a neurologist to diagnose and treat the patient.

• A microbiologist would work with the patient sample sent to the lab to confirm the presence of the bacteria or determine the best antibiotic to use.

• An epidemiologist would investigate patterns between the affected patients and investigate causes of the illness to identify the source of the outbreak and prevent further illness.

• All of the Above

What was wrong with Experiment 1?

• They didn't include a control group.

• They didn't include multiple trials.

• They included more than one independent variables.

• They should've only had one test subject.

What does a clear experimental protocol have to include?

• Each step is clear and specific so another scientist could repeat your experiment.

• Includes a control

• Includes multiple trials

• No evidence is required in an experiment (pseudoscience)

What type of disease agent is this microorganism?

• This microorganism is not a disease agent.

• Virus

• Fungus

• Bacteria

What functions might be affected in a patient with a tumor in the occipital lobe?

• Behavior and personality, such as planning, initiated movements, social and emotional processing, and attention.

• Sensing touch, spatial processing, language, and memory.

• Visual perception and some forms of visual short-term memory.

• Processing smell and sound, and the ability to recognize and understand words and language.

Given the attack rates shown in Table 1, which food item is the most likely source of the illness that's causing several students to get sick?

• Milk

• Juice

• Butter

• Sausage

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A patient comes to you with complaints of intense headaches on the left side of his head just behind his eye. What test or tests would you use in order to help with the diagnosis?

• CT and MRI Scans (to check for brain abnormalities such as tumors)

• Test patient's balance

• Test speech, hearing, and vision

• Perform memory tests

Explain how the nervous system worked to sense, process, and respond to stimuli in Lindsey's scenario. In your explanation, include the input the peripheral nervous system receives and the output the central nervous system initiates.

• Lindsey sees the squirrel with her eyes and receives this output signal and sends the signal straight to the motor neurons.

• Lindsey sees the squirrel. She uses the sense of sight to receive this input and sends the info her circulatory system.

• Lindsey sees the squirrel, the motor neurons react immediately, and the brain and spinal cord are left out.

• Lindsey sees the squirrel. She is using the sense of sight to receive this input and sends this information as a signal through her sensory neurons to her brain. Her brain processes the information and initiates the muscular movement of her arms and hands to pick up and use the camera.

How is Cholera spread? (Use the Chart)

• Foodborne

• Vector borne

• person to person

• maybe you're born with it, maybe it's Maybelline