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Biology 2320 Exam 4 reviewKnow the following terminologies:
Morbidity rate - correct answer ✔✔number of people afflicted with a certain disease
Endemic - correct answer ✔✔disease that exhibits a relatively steady frequency over a long period of
time in a particular geographic locale
Sporadic - correct answer ✔✔when occasional cases are reported at irregular intervals
Epidemic - correct answer ✔✔when prevalence of a disease is increasing beyond what is expected
Pandemic - correct answer ✔✔epidemic across continents
Prevalence - correct answer ✔✔total number of existing cases with respect to the entire population
usually represented by a percentage of the population
Incidence - correct answer ✔✔measures the number of new cases over a certain time period, as
compared with the general healthy population
Mortality rate - correct answer ✔✔the total number of deaths in a population due to a certain disease
What are the first organism(s) to colonize the upper respiratory tract? - correct answer ✔✔Oral
streptococci
What keeps the kidney, ureter, bladder, and upper urethra sterile? - correct answer ✔✔Flow of urine
What term is defined as any deviation from health where tissues and organs are damaged and
disrupted? - correct answer ✔✔Disease
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