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HTH 100 Exam #3 questions with correctanswers
bacteria, virus fungi, protozoa, parasitic worm (Helminths,) prions, ectoparasites - correct answer
✔✔different types of pathogens
bacteria - correct answer ✔✔simple, single celled microscopic organisms - most numerous living things
on Earth (meningitis, pneumonia, e.coli)
antibiotic - correct answer ✔✔drug that kills or prevents growth of bacteria
antibiotic resistance - correct answer ✔✔the ability of bacteria to grow and proliferate in the presence
of chemicals that would normally kill or slow their growth
viruses - correct answer ✔✔pathogens that invade and inject their own DNA & RNA into a host cell, take
it over, and force it to make copies of the pathogens (common cold, influenza, measles)
fungi - correct answer ✔✔a group of multicellular & unicellular organisms that obtain their food by
infiltrating the bodies of other organisms both living and dead, several microscopic varieties are
pathogenic (athletes foot, vaginitis)
parasitic worms - correct answer ✔✔largest pathogenic organism, most of which are more a nuisance
than a threat; often found in infected food, water, and feces
prions - correct answer ✔✔recently identified, self-replicating and a protein based organism (mad cow
disease)
ectoparasites - correct answer ✔✔head & pubic lice, scabies, fleas & ticks
protozoa - correct answer ✔✔single-celled parasitic organisms that often produce recurrent, cyclical
attacks of disease (malaria, African sleeping sickness)
, allopathic medicine - correct answer ✔✔conventional, western medical practices in theory, based on
scientifically validated methods and procedures
complementary health approaches - correct answer ✔✔health care practices and products commonly
used together with conventional medicine
integrative medicine - correct answer ✔✔the integration of complementary health approaches into
conventional health care in a purposeful way
placebo - correct answer ✔✔inactive substance used a control in a clinical test to determine the
effectiveness of a particular drug
the placebo effect - correct answer ✔✔occurs when patients given a placebo drug or treatment
experience an improved state of health owing the belief that they are receiving something that will be of
benefit
holistic approach - correct answer ✔✔care that focuses on the mind and the whole body, rather than
just an isolated symptom or body part
traditional Chinese medicine, ayurveda, homeopathy, naturopathy - correct answer ✔✔complementary
medical systems
acupuncture - correct answer ✔✔techniques of traditional Chinese medicine that involves the
placement of long, thin needles to affect flow of energy (qi) along other pathways within the body
homeopathy - correct answer ✔✔unconventional western system of medicine based on the principle
that "like cures like" and the "law of minimum dose"
naturopathy - correct answer ✔✔system of medicine in which practitioners work to support the body's
innate healing mechanisms and use treatment approaches such as diet, exercise, and massage that are
minimally invasive
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