PLTW Medical Interventions Unit 1.1 Review Guide

A collection of vocabulary flashcards based on key concepts from the PLTW Medical Interventions Unit 1.1 lecture notes.

Medical Intervention

Any Measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the course of disease.

Categories of Medical Interventions

Includes Drugs, Devices, Diagnostics, Surgery, and Preventative measures.

Contact Tracing

The process of finding connections between individuals and tracking disease exposure.

Outbreak

A sudden rise in the number of cases of a disease.

Pathogen

An organism that causes disease.

Bioinformatics

The application of computational technology to manage and analyze biological data.

DNA Sequencing

The process of determining the nucleotide order of a given DNA segment.

BLAST

A bioinformatics program that compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases.

ELISA

A test that combines targeted tagging with antibodies and an enzyme reaction to detect disease antigens.

Antibodies

Special proteins created by B-lymphocytes that target specific antigens.

Serial Dilutions

A method of determining the concentration of a substance by mixing it with a diluent in a sequential manner.