HHD - Test 1

Choose the correct term for the following definition: It can not be seen, refers to changes in body function such as pain , fatigue or discomfort

• sign

• symptoms

• feeling

• syndrome

Choose the correct term for the following definition: the manner in which the disease develops

• pathogen

• pathology

• pathogenesis

• patho-creation

Choose the correct term for the following definition: a disease in which the causative agent remains inactive for a time but then becomes active to produce symptoms of the disease

• Communicable

• Subacute

• Latent

• physiological

Choose the correct term for the following definition: when the agents of a local infection enter a blood or lymphatic vessel and spread to other specific parts of the body

• Nosocomial infection

• Local infection

• Subclinical infection

• Focal infection

Choose the correct term for the following definition: a relatively short period that follows the incubation of a disease.  It is characterized by mild symptoms.

• Incubation

• Prodromal

• Period of illness

• Convalescence

Choose the correct term for the following definition: the general term for any non living object involved in the spread of an infection

• Zoonosis

• Carriers

• Vectors

• Fomite

Name the terminology for the following definition: animals that carry pathogens from one host to another (SPELLING IS IMPORTANT)

Name the terminology for the following definition: using mild strain of the pathogen to produce an immune response (SPELLING IS IMPORTANT)

Name the terminology for the following definition: refers to when a disease is constantly present in a population i.e. common cold. (SPELLING IS IMPORTANT)

Name the terminology for the following definition: the number of people in a population who develop a disease a specified time, regardless of when it first appeared.